From Kindness to Condoms, from Mardi Gras to Spunky Old Broads, February is filled with some really wacky (and diverse) holidays. For example, yesterday was Random Acts of Kindness Day – a day I dearly love. But today? Check out the holidays that fall on February 18th:
- Eat Ice Cream for Breakfast Day – I actually love the cause for this one.
- Cow Milked While Flying In An Airplane Day (WTF??!)
- The Great American Spit Out (NOT what I thought it was, IYKWIM.)
- And my personal favorite, National Drink Wine Day.
That last one is a holiday I can totally jump on the oak casket for. We love wine in our house. Can you tell? (The photos below just show the reds. 🙂 )
Looking for 25 other great reasons to celebrate during this very short month?
- Adopt A Rescued Rabbit Month (Link)
- American Heart Month
- Bake for Family Fun Month
- Dog Training Education Month (Link)
- Grapefruit Month (Link)
- International Boost Self-Esteem Month
- International Expect Success Month
- International Month of Black Women in The Arts (Link)
- Library Lovers Month
- Marijuana Awareness Month (Link)
- National African-American History Month (Link)
- National African-American Read-In (Link)
- National Condom Month (Link)
- National Children’s Dental Health Month
- National Haiku Writing Month (Link)
- National Laugh-Friendly Month (Link)
- National Parent Leadership Month
- National Time Management Month
- National Women Inventors Month
- Pull Your Sofa Off The Wall Month (How is this a “day?”)
- Relationship Wellness Month
- Responsible Pet Owner’s Month (Link)
- Return Shopping Carts to the Supermarket Month (OMG, this is real too!)
- Spunky Old Broads Month
- Youth Leadership Month
In honor of #17 (Parent Leadership Month), here’s a video from those two guys I love, Tripp & Tyler, that’s guaranteed to make all the parental types laugh.
Especially if 2016 hasn’t been super kind to you so far, I figured you could use some extra reasons to celebrate. If February is already flipping your mojo the bird, perhaps you can hold out until next month when you can celebrate National Craft Month. Or Quinoa Month, for all my gluten free pals.
What are you celebrating today? What’s on your mind this Thoughty Thursday? Enquiring minds love to know these things here at More Cowbell!
~ Jenny
Credits:
Special thanks to http://www.brownielocks.com/ for most of the holiday links.
Photos purchased from DepositPhotos.
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LOL, love the video! “What did I JUST say?” We are big fans of vino around here, too. There’s a boardgame called Viticulture that we like, where you are winemakers. It’s very cool (while sipping wine, of course). Thanks for the fab mashup! 🙂
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Kathy, how do I not have Viticulture? That is soooo my kind of game. 🙂
And yes, I’ve heard all of my words in that video. I also hear them sometimes coming out of my kid’s mouth. “How many hands do I have?” <– Spoken in answer to the 82 requests in 5 minutes game.
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What a fun month! Cow in an airplane! That video is funny. Have you seen that mum who sings funny mum songs to tune of Frozen and stuff. She’s so funny now what is her name?
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Is it this gal, Catherine? She’s got WAY better pipes than I do. 🙂 http://mylifesuckers.com/let-it-go-mom-parody-video/
And how on earth did they find out they could milk a cow in an airplane? That’s what I really want to know about that holiday.
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Yes that’s her 👍😀
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She’s a stitch.
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Have you ever “heard yourself” go into mommy-speak? I have at times and it’s terrifying. I think, who is this person? Ha ha!
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I know! And I hear my mother AND my father’s voices coming out of my mouth. It’s horrifying.
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And it’s leap year so we have one more day to celebrate! Cheers! *clinks glass*
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Right on!!!! I love a good leap year. 🙂 And personally, I think the Drink Wine Day holiday should last all month.
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I think next year I will try to celebrate all of the February 18th holidays on one day. How many plane tickets do you think I will need for my cow? If I can fit her under my seat, do you think she will count as a carry on? And will the stewardesses be pissed when I spit my ice cream all over the seat in front of me (cuz you know I’m not going to spit out my wine!)? February 18th, 2017 shall be very interesting, indeed.
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Sue, may I please, please, please take that plane ride with you. Or at least see video? Best sentence of the day: “How many plane tickets do you think I will need for my cow?”
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Sure- come on along! You can use one of my cow’s seats. The airline made me buy two for her! That’s cow shaming!
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Love the video. I don’t have kids, but OMG my friends say that shit all the time. “Do not make me count to 3.” Yeah, right.
Thanks for all the fun February stuff to enjoy. I hope you’re shortest month of the year is filled with goodness.
Patricia Rickrode
w/a Jansen Schmidt
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We’ve actually never done the counting thing, so it totally makes me laugh. Especially when they do it multiple times. Ahhhh, the joys of parenting. And being friends with parents. And having families stay in your bed and breakfast. 🙂
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Hmmm . . . I seem to be having a funky rainy Monday day. Thanks for the parental laughs. Perhaps a glass of Moscato is in my future this evening. 🙂
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