Happy Feet

You may have noticed, we love to celebrate around here, welcoming any and all opportunities to elevate the ordinary days into memory making days. Sometimes these "found" holidays are more fun than the birthdays, anniversaries and such— because with fewer expectations, a sense of spontaneity and the chance to be creative you find the joy of just having fun.  

Yesterday, we celebrated National Penguin Day. Ever since Ben has been able to communicate (when it was just pointing, smiles and giggles) the boy has loved penguins. So when Google powers accidentally lead you to this information, you take it as a sign and get the party started.

The kids’ preschool joined in the fun and planned a day of penguin activities. Ben and Clara wrote a lovely, droning, repetitive song whose lyrics in their entirety are, “Penguins, I love so much” (repeat at least forty times through, with an un-tuned ukulele strumming to get the full effect). Ben planned the dinner menu, making sure it included fish, because that is what they feed the penguins at the zoo. The addictive Penguin Ball game was invented and the kids hunted for hidden penguins around the house. 

Penguin cupcakes were made, lots of cupcakes. A few text messages to friends to swing by to pick-up a batch for their own Penguin Day festivities— an as quick as a waddle, waddle, an impromptu party turned an ordinary black and white day in January into a pretty cool day filled with the bright colors of laughter, friendship and indulgent penguin fun.