Backwards Day 2020

January 31 was Backwards Day. For dinner we had apple pie (I finally was able to make it) and for dessert we had chicken and stuffing "pizza." Jr. Jr. has been so picky lately that anything that is called "casserole" he refuses to eat, even try. Jeremy jokingly said that we should start calling everything pizza because he likes pizza. We tried it out for dinner that night. He was not amused. Everybody liked the pie, though.

Croissant Pancakes

For National Croissant Day on January 30, Jr. Jr. (with some help from his sister) made us chocolate chip pancakes in the shape of croissants/crescents.

I put peanut butter on mine.

I didn't mention but the day before Lucky came home with his 100 days hat. It says, "I'm 100 days brighter." Just like his siblings before him around this time of year, his class celebrated the 100th day of school. He loves getting those kinds of hats at school and showing them off to us.

And that is his "smile for the camera" smile. Even his school picture has that smile. Awesome kid. Reminds me of both Jr. and Jr. Jr. and their "camera" looks in the past.

The KAT's Meow

After watching The Muppets-
Jr. Jr. (singing): Everything is perfect. It's falling into place. I've got the whole wide world in the palm of my face.



Jr.: Mom, I have a question. How long is our front yard?
Mom: I don't know.
Jr.: Three feet.
Mom: It is not three feet.
Jr.: It's a yard.
Mom: Groan.



Lucky: Remember, flies are your tickle friends. Because when they walk on you, they tickle.

Puzzling Chili

National Corn Chip Day on January 29 used to be "Fill the Stock Pot to the Top Day." We'd make a huge pot of taco soup, eat some with corn chips, then freeze the rest. Well, our family has grown since we originally started doing that and we have less room in our freezer now for that much leftover taco soup. We don't fill the stock pot to the top anymore. This year, in fact, we decided to make turkey chili instead of taco soup. We still ate it with corn chips and we still had leftovers, but the leftovers fit in the fridge and would be eaten before too long.

January 29 is also National Puzzle Day so Jeremy and Lucky got some bonding in working on a jigsaw puzzle. Lucky loves puzzles and it's fun to see those two putting a puzzle together.

Catch of the Day

This reminds me of a picture from when Jr. Jr. was a baby.
The picture is on my blog post from November 25, 2011. Jet's younger in this picture than Jr. Jr. was in his. Jr. Jr. was also more awake in his picture. Both cute, though.

Spouses Day (Observed)

We learned another new holiday from the national days calendar. Spouses Day was January 26. Jeremy and I planned to play a game that night since we haven't been able to do any activities like that together for a while (It's a good thing we went on so many dates last year before the baby arrived). I got tired and fell asleep and Jeremy let me... because he's a great spouse.
So the day after Spouse's Day we celebrated it. We watched a movie and ate popcorn together (we haven't done that for a while, either). Jet was there for part of the time but I made it through the whole movie without falling asleep.
I don't have any pictures from that holiday or holiday observed. But speaking of spouses, when Lucky was born, at the hospital they told us we could get a complimentary meal for Jeremy so he and I could have a meal together, a little date before the baby and I went home. Unfortunately, two of our children got sick so Jeremy spent most of his time at home taking care of sick kids while Lucky and I were in the hospital. We never got our meal together.
When Jet and I were at the hospital, none of the kids at home were sick so Jeremy and I got our meal together since that hospital had the same thing with the complimentary meal.

Woohoo. Love time with my husband.

Perhaps You'd Like to Chew... On Your Fist

We celebrated Chinese New Year on January 25. It's the year of the rat, the metal rat.
I love how "helpful" our children are. I wanted to get a picture of the Chinese food we made (Jeremy made most of it, I wrapped the egg rolls). I had my arms full of baby again so Lucky offered to take a picture of the food. What a sweetie. Of course even standing on a chair he was too short to get all the food in the picture from the angle he was at but it's the thought that counts.

Jeremy was also a sweetie and held Jet while I ate.

There have been times in the past where we have watched Kung Fu Panda for Chinese New Year. Fun movie. There is a line toward the beginning of the movie where a character says, "I see you like to chew. Perhaps you'd like to chew... on my fist." Jet has gotten into chewing on his fist lately, including on Chinese New Year so we've been going around saying, "Perhaps you'd like to chew... on your fist." It's the small things, I tell you.

After dinner and fortune cookies, Jeremy took the four kids (as compared to the one baby) to the mall for the Chinese New Year celebration over there.

Apparently it was very foggy that night so instead of coming home when they were done, they hung out in the van until it was time for fireworks. We can normally watch the mall fireworks from our house, but not in that kind of fog.

While they were gone, I celebrated a little of A Room of One's Own Day, also January 25. I often spend quite a bit of time in my room anyway with this new baby in cold/flu season (I look forward to Spring but I'm glad I'm not stir crazy). While Jet slept, I got out my new foot spa I got for Christmas and was using it while wearing my comfy new bathrobe when Jeremy and the kids got back.

Earlier in the day I did get the room to myself to take a nap while Jeremy took care of Jet. Thanks, Jeremy. And thanks, Jet, for being content while I got some rest.