National Bluberry Pancake Day

Today is National Blueberry Pancake Day and of course we're celebrating! Stay tuned to see what we're cooking up and on check us out at our new blog http://www.midatlanticfoodie.com to see what's on the menu!

National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day

Well... Today has been a bit of a doozie. 

I've been couch ridden with a pretty awful migraine, 

and unfortunately for me we have a teething toddler and a teething infant, 

so not really a quiet day for mama, but that's alright now. 

All of the Calendar Kids are in bed and The Duke is being super awesome 

and tackling the mountains of folding that I was unable to get to like I wanted today. 

Not only is he doing that, but he also was instrumental in making this post happen.

He reminded me that we're a team and that anything we take on

work, children, and even blogs. 

So, I dedicate this post to him, 

my wonderful, loving, amazing husband, and teammate. 

Today was 

National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day 

and I was half tempted to tell him to skip the drama of making them 

from scratch and hit up the Valentine's Day candy that's already making it's way into stores...

Actually, I may or may not have said that 

before he left to go to the pharmacy. 

He gave me the look, 

then proceeded to create this,

and take the pictures. 

How pretty are these cherries?!

Mmmmm melted chocolate!

The Duke did a great job! They were delicious!!! 

Tomorrow is 

National Spaghetti Day 

and I'm hoping I can convince The Duke to make his 

signature from scratch sauce while I watch 

and maybe, just maybe let me share the recipe. 

Fingers crossed friends... Married a decade and I don't have it yet. LOL

Guardians of the Galaxy

Alright friends! 

Today was 

National Science Fiction Day 

and 

both the kids and the husband were excited 

about this day... 

Especially since we have an over abundance of sci-fi movies

and love to watch them. 

So much so that we had a hard time deciding on which one to watch 

this evening to celebrate. 

Our choices varied from 

Star Trek to the Avengers, 

on to Superman, 

but in the end 

Guardians of the Galaxy won out 

because we'd only watched once 

and we really enjoy the humor 

and music featured in it. 

The Athlete with his Lego Milano and
The Artist with her Disney Infinity Gamora
 watching the movie. 

After the movie we discussed our favorite parts 

and then talked about tomorrow's national day. 

Which is: 

National Chocolate Covered Cherries Day...

I can't say that I'm a huge fan of cherries, but we'll give making them a try. 

I bought the ingredients today... Wish me luck! 

Goodnight friends! 

Happy New Year! It's 2015

Okay, so I had a pretty spectacular post all written out 

and I come back to my laptop to find it all gone, 

so this is 

New Years Day post

part deux... 

Something you'll learn about me...

I'm obsessed with learning new languages

and I actually use them. 

Something else to know about me, 

I'm obsessed with Spanish and French... 

I have no idea why... I just am...

Oh and all things Irish. 

Particularly my husband,

just don't tell him that I actually like him.

He might get a big head or something...

Okay enough of this rambling. 

Our NYE was low-key 

and we did our traditional thing of 

ordering pizza, wings, and drinking chocolate milk, 

whilst playing board games and charades. 

We stopped doing that around 11:35 

to get ready for our other traditions

of grape eating, sparkling cider drinking, and watching the ball drop in 

Times Square. 

Ladies and gentlemen, grape eating is classy stuff. Mmmhmm, sure is! Making those wishes!

Today we laid around and watched HGTV all day, along with a little bit of the winter classic GO CAPS! (Phenomenal game btw) And also enjoyed the Ducks beating the tar out of the Seminoles 

(Go Gators! Haha) 

Day 1 of this experiment and it's already successful. Stay tuned to see what tomorrow holds!

BTW
Tomorrow is National Science Fiction Day

Hiatus...

I took one because 

I needed to unpack. 

I don't know if I mentioned it or not, 

but we moved 11 hours

before our youngest child was born 

and since that was only a mere three month ago 

we were still living out of boxes. 

I'm happy to report that while 

not every box is gone, 

majority of them are 

and 

I feel like my house is in order. 

I can't wait to begin sharing 

national days again with you.

Today was

National Peanut Butter Fudge Day

National Absurdity Day 

and 

Great American Smoke Out! 

I didn't celebrate any of these, 

because today was crazy.

Now that I've written this, 

I'm going to go try to relax and unwind 

from the busyness of it all 

and prepare for tomorrow's holiday,

which is

National Stuffing Day 

(I'm excited to try a new recipe before the big day!)

Stay tuned! 

Confession...

National Candy Corn Day 

was a major bust... 

Not just because I didn't have any on hand, 

but because I loathe it

and I'm going to be completely honest here...

I refuse to buy it. 

No one should eat it. 

I'm not going to,

Hahaha! 

So, tomorrow is

Halloween (DUH)

National Caramel Apple Day (YUM)

and

National Knock-Knock Joke Day

I'm making caramel apples 

and sharing some corny jokes, 

be prepared for my ultimate nerdyness

to shine through

and please feel free to share 

your best knock knock jokes with me! 

National Oatmeal Day

Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal... OH YEAH! 

I'm going to share something about me here, 

I'm a habitual breakfast skipper.

I'm too busy.

I'm brushing hair, changing diapers, 

making breakfast for other folks

signing forms, 

refereeing,

feeding babies, 

and making sure the pups are taken care of...

with all that and more 

breakfast for me is the last thing on my mind. 

I know, I know it's terrible to skip breakfast

and I do try to get it in, but alas... Chaos trumps food.

So, imagine how happy I was to actually get to take a few moments 

to enjoy a nice hot, filling, and delicious breakfast! 

What made me happier was my daughter joining in 

the celebration by having a bowl of oatmeal with me, 

It was a sweet moment with my precious daughter 

that while fleeting, very memorable.

I'm looking forward to more of those throughout this 365 day excursion. 

More sweet moments, more simple memories, more quiet and calm, more conversations.

A lot more. 

Okay, 

so tomorrow is

National Candy Corn Day

:-/

Guess who's not at all excited about this. 

Not. at. all.