For our 3rd day of spring break, we decided it would be fun to celebrate a year's worth of holidays in one day. We skipped Easter, since we would celebrate it for real later in the week, and we planned for but then forgot about cinco de mayo, but the rest was a rousing success:
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| We had a valentine's day breakfast, complete with little valentine's cards and boxes of chocolate |
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| We did a low key St. Patrick's Day with Irish tea and soda bread (and Irish music playing, of course) |
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| After lunch, we geared up for the 4th of July, which is a favorite holiday of both Abby and Ruth |
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| We only had 2 sparklers in the house, but we put them to good use |
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| It was a beautiful day, so we did some holiday chalking |
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| Benji requested the sprinkler and, since it was almost 80 degrees, we decided to oblige |
After 4th of July, we transitioned to Halloween. I had proposed trick-or-treating, but Abby added the twist of getting into costumes, so we did:
After collecting candy from each other's rooms (Kevin used the bathroom), we moved downstairs to make candy corn popcorn balls. We had been gifted an air popper from a neighboor earlier in the month and Benji was super excited to use it for the first time:
It was getting on towards dinnertime when we hit Halloween, which was good because we were ready for some real food. We streamed last year's Macy's parade while eating our pups in blankets and then moved on to turkey hands:
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| Christmas time! Some light decorating, a tree scented candle and our "tree trimming treats" |
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| We threw a little Hanukkah in, too, and played dreidel |
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| And, finally, New Year's Eve. We played our nightly Uno game while listening to an old Casey Kasem countdown |
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| We ended by streaming a Times Square ball drop and singing Auld Lange Syne, then taking our traditional midnight picture on the couch |
This was definitely the busiest of our spring break days, but it was super fun.
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