Action Packed Day

April 10 was National Siblings Day. Each of our children did something "pop" related. It started with Jr. wanting popcorn. Nichole mentioned that she had already had a pop tart so... Jr. got popcorn. Later, Jr. had a pop, Lucky had a popsicle, and Jet fell asleep before he could have his lollipop so he had that the next day. So each sibling had a "pop" something and Mom didn't say anything to discourage them. "Mum's the word."

Other things that happened that day. A friend of ours was sick so we made her chicken soup, rolls, and brought them to her along with some Gatorade. She's feeling better now. 

Jet came with us to do this for our friend.

Jet also came with me for a walk to pick up Jr. Jr. from the bus.

While I was making dinner, a big wasp showed up in our house. I geared up to try to deal with it but it disappeared until the next morning when I dealt with it.

So we had a late dinner but the good news is we started on A Season of Family Meal Plans volume 2.

Tortellini Casserole and Easiest Italian Salad (with homemade croutons) and rolls (since I made some for our friend anyway). 

It was a busy day.

Bonding Time

July 16 was Ginger Rogers' Birthday. We didn't watch a Ginger Rogers movie that day but the kids were so funny and put on a quick puppet show based on the song, "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" from the Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers movie, Shall We Dance? I put the video of them doing it on YouTube.

July 16 was also Personal Chef's Day so we had personal pizzas on tortillas just like last year.

Both Jr. Jr. and Lucky got bonding time with parents that night. Jr. Jr. and Jeremy went owling and ate "chuckles." They didn't see any owls but Jr. Jr. told me when they got home about seeing mice and deer and I could tell he had a great time.

Lucky and I played video games while wearing our bathrobes and Jet looked on. Lucky's choice. By the end I had to take my bathrobe off, though, because it's Summertime and soooo hot. Also by the end, Lucky decided that even though we were on the same team playing Mario Kart, he would try to defeat me. Bwah ha ha ha. Jr. made us all some popcorn to snack on as well. During a pause in the game, Lucky brought out a surprise. He got us each a can of pop (himself and me, not Jet). So cute. Jr. had ginger ale because of Ginger Rogers' birthday. Because Jr. was so helpful, he and Nichole got to watch a show in another room while Lucky and I had our bonding time.

No Sock Day 2020

May 8 was No Sock Day. For our temporary time outdoors, Nichole and I went with shoes without socks. Jr. didn't even bother with shoes or socks.

May 8 was also Have a Coke Day. With our homemade BBQ chicken pizza, we drank Sprite, a Coca-Cola product.

No Diet Day

May 6 was No Diet Day. I kind of let the kids snack that day. We kind of made it a junk food dinner- hot dogs and onion rings and soda pop, which fit in with another holiday on May 6, Beverage Day.

Jr. made cookies out of devil's food cake with Rolos in the middle. Another recipe he didn't get to do at school. Yum.

Last Minute Celebrating

Boy, it has been a busy day today.  2015 is the 50th anniversary of The Sound of Music and I've been wanting to celebrate that for most of the year.  We finally got to it today, the last day of the year.  The February 2015 FamilyFun Magazine had ideas of how to celebrate the 50th anniversary.  We sort of made the food it suggested- crisp apple strudel and schnitzel with noodles.  Yumm.  And we watched the movie.

Besides celebrating The Sound of Music, we also celebrated New Year's Eve.  We had our traditional New Year's nachos, and toasted the New Year with sparkling cider and apple Shasta and apple juice.

Lucky spent some time sleeping and some time making noise.

Now we're staying up watching movies or falling asleep out in the living room.

See you next year.