My family collaborated to give me a very cool Christmas present.

Its actually a silly calendar with a lot of made up National (fill in the blank) Days, but what makes it special is how they personalized it. The kids committed themselves and other family members to sharing certain days with me! They have filled in at least a few days every month.

For instance here is what I can look forward to in March…celebrate Peanut Lovers Day with my 4-year-old grandson on Zoom—maybe with peanut butter sandwiches, spend time with my daughters-in-law on International Women’s Day and listen to my nephew play the bagpipes on International Bagpipe day.

Here is how we have celebrated this month so far. I watched a sci-fi movie with Chris and Meryl for National Science Fiction Day. There was a birdwatching hike with my brother on National Bird Day…

National Hot Tea Day was a good time to use the new mug my DIL gave me.

National Dress Up Your Pet Day was today and Chris brought his dogs over to take part in the festivities. Being a huge StarWars fan Chris has StarWars dress up costumes for his whole family.

Sawyer had to settle for hat and glasses.

Fimm was happier with the hat than with the StarWars get up.

Rusty was a good sport about the whole thing and didn’t even seem embarrassed. He was more focused on Ginny’s ball than the thing on his back.

Tomorrow is National Hat Day and the notation says “while wearing a warm hat go to M & K’s for a hike”. That’s on the plan for tomorrow. I’m sure that at least some of these will generate more blog posts. Stay tuned!