Achieving success in school isn't always easy, but it is doable if you put your mind to it. Step one is improving study skills.
1 - Plan a party! Help your kids succeed academically by hosting a parents reinforced learning party. Swap ideas on great study skills to pass on to the kids.
2- Party Food! - It doesn't have to be fancy. It can be as simple as cake & coffee or as cozy as an Afternoon Tea. Tea Parties are always traditional for serious talks.
3- Be Positive! Don't forget to talk about good communication, positive self-esteem and reinforce learning at home.
National Breakfast Month is always the month of September and National Hot Breakfast Month is the month of February! Both of these holidays are celebrated in the United States but research shows that the U.S. is not the only one who celebrates breakfast hoidays. The UK celebrates Farmhouse Breakfast Week. This is an annual campaign that emphasises the importance of eating a healthy breakfast every day.
To apprecipate the fact that No News is good news when your waiting on news about something. hahaha!
"Take a Day off from any bad news"
In the United States, September is
National School Success Month.
Featured Recipe!
Flash Games!
Potato Gruel • What is it? Potatoes were cheap and easily grown in the garden. You could have potatoes all year round when kept in a cool dry place like the food cellar.
Although this is a Soup- this was also considered a healing potion many many years ago. Today it is still considered a healing meal in holistic medicine.
A favorite hearty breakfast in the Southern United States and is enjoyed for supper time too. Many times the steak is smothered with a breakfast gravy such as sausage gravy or a thick .....
When a monkey pops up, click on the little chappy to make him dive... time it right with the waves and wind and your monkey lives for another dive... the quicker the monkey dives, the .....
No one can resist the crunch of a thick, salty potato chip. Loaded with chocolate & crunchy goodies! Fantastic party food and fast to make too! This recipe makes it to the table of all...
Guide your visitors past crazy monkeys, rebellious rhinos and hilarious hippos, mind the lions in the way and look for many more wicked wildlife animals in this lovely game park game1
Help the seals play ball and read fun seal facts too.
Events
• Little League 2010 World Series, Williamsport, PA (Aug 20-29). 64th series. See www.LittleLeague.org
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• US Amateur Golf Championship, Chambers Bay, University Place, WA (Aug 23-29). See www.usga.org
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• Valentino Memorial Service, Hollywood Cathedral Mausoleum, Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA. Held annually since 1927 on the anniversary of Rudolph Valentino’s death in 1926.
• Spain: La Tomatina. Buñol (near Valencia). The world’s largest food fight. Food weapon is the tomato.
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• Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration, Shelbyville, TN (Aug 25-Sept 4). See www.twhnc.com
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August Upcoming Events - Happy Days
• Canada: Morden Corn and Apple Festival, Morden, MB (Aug 27-29). See www.cornandapple.com
• Mexican Fiesta Internacional, Milwaukee, WI (Aug 27-29). See www.mexicanfiesta.org
• Rocky Mountain Balloon Festival, Denver, CO (Aug 27-29).
• Burning Man 2010, Black Rock Desert, NV (Aug 30-Sept 6). See www.burningman.com
• Turkey: Byron Hellespont Bicentenary Swim. Participants swim the Hellespont from Europe to Asia to commemorate Lord Byron’s swim in 1810. See www.swimhellespont.com
This holiday is a day to enjoy yourself and celebrate the history of pirates. Part of the fun is having pirate parties, dressing up like pirates, eating pirate food & talking like a pirate. You would think that this holiday is just for kids but pirate parties are actually celebrated more by adults than by children. Wow! Who would of guess that one! I think it's mainly because adults still like to drink the famous Grog drink or at least pretend they do. hahaha! So on International Talk like a Pirate Day get all your friends together- here's your excuse to be a pirate for a day. • Pirate Costumes & Apparel • Pirate Party Food
A stereotypical pirate: peg leg, hook, cutlass, bicorne hat, earrings, eye patch, beard, bad teeth, Royal Navy jacke, skull & cross-bones and don't forget the parrot!
Each month has a flower that symbolizes the month of somebody's birth. Every month has a flower that is sometimes referred to as a Birth Month Flower.
August Gardening
September Flowers are Aster, Morning Glory:
Morning glories, funnel-shaped, open in the morning, allowing them to be pollinated by humming- birds, butterflies, bees, and other daytime insects & birds. Not to be confused with Birthday Flowers
Birthday Flowers are ascribed by tradition for those born on any given date in the year in Europe and the West. Not all are precisely flowers, however. They are listed below.
An herb is a plant that is valued for flavor, scent, medicinal or other qualities other than its food value. Herbs are used in cooking, as medicines, and for spiritual purposes.
Culinary herbs: Culinary use of the term "herb" typically distinguishes between herbs, from the leafy green parts of a plant, and spices, from other parts of the plant, including seeds, berries, bark, root and fruit. Culinary herbs are distinguished from vegetables in that, like spices, they are used in small amounts and provide flavor rather than substance to food.
• August 29 is More Herbs, Less Salt Day."
• Cooking with Bay Leaf -Bay leaves are one of the most widely used culinary herbs in Europe and North America. The bay laurel tree has been cultivated ......
A Lane Cake is a baked cake traditional in the American South. It is difficult to make and reserved for special occasions like birthdays and weddings.
• The recipe was first published in Alabama by Emma Rylander Lane in a cook book entitled "Some Good Things To Eat" (1898). It consists of four layers of white sponge cake separated by a filling of egg yolks, butter, raisins with a generous amount of bourbon or brandy. Modern versions may contain pecans, coconut and other ingredients in the filling. It is frosted with a white icing made from whipped egg whites and sugar.
• Lane Cakes in Literature
In Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, a Lane Cake is given as a welcome gift to Aunt Alexandra by Miss Maudie Atkinson.
This holiday is celebrated by encourging everyone to use their brain and share ideas with each other. Swap Ideas Day encourages us to share and trade ideas and concepts.
