All the April Days

In the early days of this blog, I sometimes wrote about lesser known holidays - mostly because I was always looking for an excuse to celebrate. Every day truly is a holiday of some sort, if you read the right calendars!

Even though I don't devote posts to those days like I used to, I thought it would be fun to look at some of April's lesser known celebration days, which clearly means a trip or two down memory lane!

April contains International Children's Book Day, which made me think about some of my favorite books from my own childhood. I have always loved books.

I read all kinds of books as a young girl, but I remember particularly loving The Boxcar Children, all the Little House on the Prairie books, anything by Beverly Cleary, the Mandie series, and more. How about you? Any faves? 

April also contains National Caramel Day, and I fully support that. Caramel is one of my favorite things! My Aunt B (a fantastic cook) gave me her Caramel Surprise Brownie recipe, after sharing these delectable treats with me many times throughout my life. Healthy? Not at all. Delicious? YOU BET!!!! And while you're at it, you can't go wrong with salted caramel lattes. Maybe you shouldn't have the two together. 

April holds Fresh Tomato Day, which seems kind of strange for a Midwestern girl, since it's not really fresh tomato season here. I've toyed (again) with the idea of trying to be successful with growing tomatoes in containers so Ryan can enjoy them regularly. He loves them! We'll see how that goes. Meanwhile...I do like making my own marinara sauce. I confess I used canned tomatoes, but I still love the recipe! (Any of you grow your own tomatoes in containers?)

National Coffee Cake Day rolls around this month, too. Why are all the days about food? I haven't made this one in a LONG time, but it is a good (and easy!) coffee cake recipe. If you're looking for new things to try during quarantine, check it out! And overlook my lousy photography. It was a few years ago.

You might have seen this one on Facebook, but National Siblings Day was just a few days ago. I particularly liked seeing a bunch of throwback pictures to WAY back in the day. Given that I don't want my sisters to stop speaking to me entirely, I won't go TOO far back in the archives for this one:

And just so siblings don't take over too much, National Pet Day falls into the same month. I fear our girl is getting AWFULLY spoiled, having us home so much. We may be in for it big time when we're able to move about at will again! And in random fun news, Braeya is just about to turn FOURTEEN. Can you believe that?

Here's another food holiday for you: National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day. I still remember the best grilled cheese sandwich I ever had in my life. Back in 2017, Ryan and I did a year of alphabetical dates. Do you remember that? The "T" date was a tour of Tiny Houses and Food Trucks - up in Fort Wayne. We got a grilled cheese from a truck called "Who Cut the Cheese?" and it was amazing. We picked a sandwich called The Three Little Pigs. It had bacon, black forest ham, and pulled pork with BBQ sauce and cheese (of course). 

Also...I forgot my hair was this blonde. 

National Picnic Day falls into this month. If it ever warms up, and we stay in our backyard, this just might work! If not, we could always have another indoor picnic like we did back in January, at the start of our at-home date fest. 

And if you're tired of eating, April also hosts Get Organized Day, so maybe you could get organized, instead! Here are some ideas I shared for organizing paperwork, here are ideas for organizing your day, and here is a suggestion of how to make a prayer binder. Hope that helps you get started!

Happy celebrating this April! :)