A Little September Catching Up

September!

September 1 was Johann Pachelbel's Birthday. I watched something with Pachelbel's Canon playing in the background.

It was also Labor Day so I got a selfie with the American flag. 

September 3 was Skyscraper Day. Nichole very obligingly took a picture of a 10 story building near where she was for me because I wasn't going to get out to see anything taller. 

 

September 4 was National Wildlife Day. I took some time for myself to go for a drive and a little walk to see some Fall colors starting to turn and to look for birds. I saw some birds (nothing exciting), a squirrel, and lots of yellow jackets.

 

September 5 was Lazy Mom's Day. I tried to be lazy. I only succeeded a little. I decided to let myself sit down and watch a movie but of course I fell asleep during it. This was in the morning after the boys were off to school. I'm usually awake in the morning. Then again, I'm usually moving around and not being lazy in the morning.

Some September Holidays

September 3 was Skyscraper Day. I made a couple skyscrapers out of mini jalapeno popper egg rolls. So good.

September 4 was National Wildlife Day. Jet and I saw some scrub jays on our morning walk.

Since Nichole went back to school and I've been getting Jet up when I take boys to school or buses, we've been going on walks often. It's nice bonding time.

Later we made a balloon delivery to Jeremy who was working on something special (more on that later).

That evening with our dinner we had two desserts since it was Eat an Extra Dessert Day. To go along with Shelftember, we had salad bar so we could use up spinach before it got too old and we got out salad fixins which haven't been used in a while. Our desserts were homemade cookies and otter pops.

 

Speaking of Shelftember, Jeremy was given food while working on the balloon build, so he brought me home leftovers which worked well for lunch. Yumm.

September 5 was Cheese Pizza Day and Be Late for Something Day. They boys were helping make pizza dough but were late taking the dough out of the Bosch. Tee Hee.

Besides our morning walk, Jet and I went in the evening for another walk, this time to Bridal Veil Falls. Jet enjoyed being in the stroller but did not want to get out when it was time to head home so we were late getting home. I guess he was just trying to celebrate the holiday.

He just wanted to play in the stroller. "I'm wearing a hat."

End of August/Beginning of September Celebrating

August 31 was National Trail Mix Day. I snacked on trail mix throughout the day.

September 3 was National Skyscraper Day. I watched Mission: Impossible- Ghost Protocol because it has that scene where Tom Cruise is hanging off the tallest building in Dubai.

Even though our ward is not doing girls camp this year, they still did the tradition of secret sister gifts recently. Nichole used her calligraphy skills and made a couple bookmarks for her girl. She also gave her a packet of gum and a book.

Here she is sealing the envelope with the bookmarks inside. 

I forgot to take pictures of the actual bookmarks.

Nichole's secret sister wrote her a nice note with a picture of a TARDIS she drew. She also made Nichole a TARDIS piggy bank. It was bigger on the inside to hold several goodies.

The young woman who put this together also gave the girls hoodies with a scripture printed on them.
3 Nephi 15:9 "for unto him that endureth to the end will I give eternal life."

It's really good for early morning birding trips.

Scyscraper Day 2015

September 3 is Skyscraper Day.  This year I made mini pancakes for dinner that we could stack up like skyscrapers.

See, it's not just the kids who have creativity.
 

Skyscraper Day 2013

Last year on Skyscraper Day, September 3, we were able to go see some actual skyscrapers when we went with Jeremy to work.  This year, we didn't go with Jeremy to work since the older kids were in school (and he wasn't working near any skyscrapers today).  The kids and I did celebrate after school, though.
We built our own skyscraper out of graham crackers and frosting. 

Well, it wasn't a very high skyscraper, but we can call it a skyscraper.  The kids had a blast and I even got some pictures of the finished product before the walls came tumbling down. 

Then it was a nice snack.

It was definitely messy and I'm going to need to put some stain stick on some clothes and do some laundry tonight, but it was so worth it.  The kids are already requesting to do this activity again next Skyscraper Day.

Skyscraper Day 2012

Today, September 3rd, is Skyscraper Day.  We started off our celebration last night by reading a book called, "Just Me and 6,000 Rats: a tale of conjunctions," written by Rick Walton, illustrated by Mike Gordon and Carl Gordon.  In it the main character and 6,000 rats take a trip to the big city and see the skyscrapers. 
Around here, the big city is Salt Lake City, and we don't go there very often.  Jeremy does more often than we do for shows.  Well, it just so happened that he was scheduled to twist balloons today at City Creek, the new mall in downtown Salt Lake City.  He'd been wanting to show us the mall anyway and since today is also Labor Day, the kids didn't have school.  So... we all made the trip to Salt Lake City to see the skyscrapers on Skyscraper Day.

The mall is neat.  Besides the normal shops you would find at a mall, it also has a creek running through it and different fountains, some of which were designed by the same people who created the Ballagio Fountains in Las Vegas. 

Every hour on the hour one of those fountains shoots water in time to music (like the Bellagio Fountains do). 

 (See the skyscraper in the background of that first picture?  Yep.  It helps the celebrating when the mall is surrounded by those buildings.)

Another of those fountains is like a splash pad encouraging kids to play and get soaked, and help Mom be creative when she is not properly prepared with enough clothes for them to change into.

Next time, I need to remember to change them into bathing suits before sending them into the water (and bring an extra pair of shorts for Nichole).  I think I underestimated how wet they were actually going to get.

Nichole was bummed when I made her get out, but Jr. was shivering from being so wet and I really wanted to get him changed into something a little warmer.

Jr. Jr. was too intimidated by the water so he had fun climbing up a side that was slanted and sliding back down.

 He also had fun just being cute while Jeremy made balloons nearby.

 

The kids and I also did some wandering around the mall, but the water was the highlight.

When we got home, we watched some of Batman: The Animated Series because Gotham City has skyscrapers and we watched The Muppets because Los Angeles also has skyscrapers.

Yeah, fun celebrating.