National Country Music Day

July 4
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE COUNTRY SONG?
Hahaha
I LOVE country music
But our fourth of July was spent watching a parade, playing at the block party, and watching fireworks.

Here was some of our fourth of july

All of us

Parade

Airplane throwing contest

Fireworks on the roof

Waterslide

Dog Days Begins

July 3
Dog Days
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_Days

I realize that this isnt technically DOG days but that is the craft we are focusing on.
(If we had a dog we would probably be making doggy biscuts)

We are going to make a dog head band
http://familycrafts.about.com/od/dogcrafts/a/dogheadband.htm

We will post our own pictures and what we might have done differently when we make this :)

World UFO Day

July 2
Aliens and UFOs are fun topics for kids.
It silly to think there are little green guys off on another planet

This is a cute little UFO/flying saucer craft

WHAT YOU NEED:
2 paper plates
stapler
paint or colors
glue
jewels
any decorations
an alien sticker or a coloring of an alien

Decorate the bottom of both paper plates to look like your perfect flyer saucer

Put the alien sticker or picture of the alien inside the plates with the undecorated sides touching
(The alien in driving the saucer)

Staple the side together and you are all done.

Do have have any cute UFO cupcake or food ideas?

National Ice Cream Month

JULY
ummm YUM!!

Who doesnt love ice cream?

And AGAIN perfect for hot summer days.

I saw on pinterest how to make ice cream out of just a banana... so it is probably going to taste amazing, be healthy, and stop your ice cream craving. (We WILL be making this)

There are also endless crafts to do with ice cream or the thought of ice cream.

Just a simple coloring book page of an ice cream cone is fun.
Making ice cream clowns (I will post pictures of this)
Making your own ice cream sandwiches (YUMMMMMY)


I think if would be fun to have a cute little ice cream party where there are a couple different types of ice cream flavors and tons a different toppings (like different colored sprinkles, brown sprinkles, marshmellows, marshmellow fluff, nuts, cherries, fruit, whipped cream, gummy bears, nerds, any kind of candy) then each kid can be as creative as they want with their OWN dessert.

Side note: How to make sure you spell dessert (ice cream) and desert (dry sandy place) the correct ways is thinking what would you want more of? Obviously dessert (ice cream) right? So it has an extra S. You want more? It has more letters.
HAHAHAHA I'm a dork.

National Hotdog Month

JULY
I JUST said this about the beans, but how perfect is it that National Hotdog Month falls in the summer?

This is perfect for BBQs and bonfires.

We will defineitly be having backyard bonfires in our fire pit so I will for sure post pictures.

There isn't much to do with hotdogs.. except eat them.

haha

You can-
Put them in mac and cheese
Just a bun
String uncooked noodles through and cook that way (I will post pictures of us doing this)
Deep fry your own corndogs
Chili dogs!
Pigs in a blanket (We will post pictures of this, too)

Do you have any fun things to do with hotdogs?
Perhaps a craft?

National Baked Bean Month

JULY
How perfect is it that July, a summer month, is National Baked Bean Month?
Perfect for BBQs

I am pro easy things.. so for me baked beans in a can is that way to go.

hahahaha

BUT I will try to make my own.. Who knows? Maybe they will be delicious and I will never want to go back.

Does anyone have a kick ass recipe that will make it worth making my own baked beans?
Do you think the work put into soaking and cooking is worth it or canned is just as good?

National Blueberry Month

JULY
The whole month is national blueberry month!

I think blueberries are a little weird.. just because they look like kiwis inside.

BUT
I like blueberry pancakes and blueberry muffins, so before july is over I WILL make atleast those.
PLUS I wanna make blueberry scones.




If you have a good recipe for any of these or anything else with blueberries PLEASE let me know :)

(UPDATE: I have kind of a failed attempt at blueberry pancakes that I will be putting up soon along side an awesome attempt)

How Things Are Going To Work For A Little While

So I've been posting which ever crazy holiday it is the day of the special day.

I will now start posting it atleast a couple days early, even if I haven't made the recipe or even have a recipe yet or done the craft, so everyone knows what the day is and has time to prepare (for example, grocery shopping for chocolate pudding supplies :])

I will always update that day so it isnt just an empty blog post.
haha just trying to get organized :]


Have an awesome night everyone!

National Postal Worker Day

July 1

I would say that mostly our postal workers go unthanked.
I mean obviously they get their paycheck, but still.

Usuaully we aren't home and our mail seems like it just shows up at our house.
I just think that, especially in the summer, they need a little extra thanking sometimes.
It can make their day just by having some of the kids make little cards saying thank you.
Just imagine at your job... every day of the same thing over and over is so boring.


Well for our situation we do not really know our mail man or else we would make him cookies and since we want him to eat them we are just going to go to the store and we will buy a pack of cookies, cover it with ribbon or a bow, and make a little card.

(We did end up doing this a couple days after postal worker day so we just included that in the card)

I will post a picture of the cookies and card :)

What else can we give to our postal workers to help brighten their day?


PS We can also write letters to family and friends to make sure the postal workers job is secure. haha

International Joke Day

July 1
How fun!

A day ALL about jokes.

Knock Knock!
Who's there?
Boo.
Boo who?
Dont be sad it is only a joke.

LAME I know. But cute for kids.

Do you have any cool, funny, silly jokes?