Every Day Is A Holiday!

Happy Cinco de Mayo!  It's also Oyster Day and Cartoonists Day.  I've discovered this website that tells you all the little-known holidays every day, and we've decided to start celebrating them.  It's a fun way to interact as a family, and it doesn't have to cost any money.  Today I had hoped to find oysters and see how expensive they are, but couldn't track any down.  So instead we had nachos - a Mexican-style food, to celebrate Cinco de Mayo instead.  The girls have a white board on their door (a gift that #1 got for Christmas), and every night before I go to bed I will be writing what the next day will be so they can celebrate, share with their friends, or just get a smile for the day.  Tomorrow is No Homework Day, No Diet Day, Buddha Day, and National Asthma Day.  I'm guessing we'll be celebrating the first of those...

Mabel has taken a great liking to her kitten box, and for the last couple days has only left a handful of times, usually to go potty or try to sneak into one of the bedrooms.  Today she's refused her food, which is a good sign that we should have kittens in the next 24-48 hours.  She and Henry are happily curled up together in the box now, fast asleep.  

I gave #5 his very first real food (other than sogging up an animal cracker or sucking on an apple slice).  I gave him a taste of apple sauce.  He made faces, and ate it and seemed happy about it, but soon after he puked it all back up.  I think we'll be sticking with exclusively breastfeeding for now.  There's plenty of time to introduce solids later.