We Don't Rhyme or Read at Breakfast

Holiday Hero and I have been waiting for today (Saturday, September 1) all week. We are so excited to be able to celebrate today's holidays and hope that these ones stick around for a while!
First up is one we had to plan for a bit just to make sure that it could be celebrated to the best of our ability. September is All American Breakfast Month, and we're observing it on the first day of the month to ensure we can do it right. Last night we gathered all of our supplies for this morning's festivities, and a Facebook invite went out to the ABQ area. We decided to make pancakes, eggs, turkey bacon and sausage, and hashbrowns. Emilee, Michael, and Alex brought over biscuits with sausage gravy. I actually did some cooking (hasbrowns and bacon) while Andy got relegated to pancake and egg duty. Adrian also chimed in with his culinary expertise by beating the eggs and cooking up the sausages. Once everything was ready, we made a bee-line for the front porch and had a lovely breakfast at the table. Check it out:

 Turkey bacon--can't beat it!

 Beat those eggs into submission!

 Yes, I actually cooked! And the house is still standing and no one died!

 Post-pancake pan

 There's something to say for friend breakfasts!

 Post-breakfast and there's still a ton of food!

Priceless! Alex in a post-breakfast food coma.

Up next is National No Rhyme (Nor Reason) Day. Ok, so the original explanation of this holiday is to go the entire day without purposely rhyming. There are even lists of words that have no normal rhyming words to accompany them! However, we thought this idea was pretty lame especially since it does not incorporate the 2nd part of the holiday's name. So, we decided to change it up a little and enjoy the day by doing whatever our hearts wanted. As such, we cleaned up after breakfast and officially started our lack of rhyme and reason day of random shopping adventures. We went from various store to store, bought a few things, did U-turns after reconsidering going/not going to a store, and finally culminating the day with a walk to the local minor league baseball team's field to enjoy the game. And we even ran into Nate and his family at the field!
Finally, we have Read a New Book Month. What better way to celebrate this holiday than to start it off also on the first day of the month. I didn't have much time to sit around and read yesterday, so I brought the book with me to the Isotopes game and looked like a total dork (and loving it) by reading during the game.

My professor would be so proud!

And that is it! Hope your day rocked.

CS, out.