National Corn Chip Day

Happy National Corn Chip Day!

Here's a day to celebrate, and next to "Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day," possibly the most exciting holiday in January.  Seriously, this has been one long, boring month.  Of course, we've been sick for about a week and a half of it.  And yeah, New Year's Day was nice.  But that's about it.

But in a way, that's probably a good thing.  We need the month to recover a bit.  Obviously, there's the fast.  But there's also the rest in between.  And also the space to actually get sick in the first place.  No, getting sick is not a good thing - but it's better than getting sick for a week and a half during December, where there's all of this activity and festivity.

So what a great way to end the month of January:  National Corn Chip Day.  We actually didn't even know it was National Corn Chip Day until a good friend of ours alerted us to this most sacred of days.  It was just at that moment that Daddy realized Mommy was out grocery shopping, so he made the call, "Be sure to get some corn chips!"

Meanwhile, we happened up some corn tortila chips at the office, which was cause for great celebration.  Oh yes, this was indeed no small occasion.  We rejoiced, munching on tortillas, mainly because we were all famished, but still taking time to recognize that most honored tradition of scarfing a corn chip.  Further research indicated that National Corn Chip Day is not necessarily set up to honor the tortilla, although it is technically in the corn chip family.  However, we thought it would be best to be inclusive, as it is a free country, which translated means, "I can eat whatever I darn well want to."

Still, it was good to hear that Mommy had gotten home from grocery shopping with official corn chips.  Though not Fritos, they still were the real thing - I say all this just in case anyone in the National Corn Chip Chartered Accountancy Branch is keeping tabs on us.  Yes, we ate official corn chips!

The above picture is of Madison and Daddy, just before dinner, looking joyous as we begin the corn chip feast.  Mommy joined in the revelry as well, of course, opting not to "overdo it," as too many corn chips tend to cause tummy trouble.  Ah, that would be the spices lovingly dropped all over each magical corn chip!

Daddy and Madison only had about ten each, and then the celebration was pretty much over.  It was like Christmas morning, where everyone is waiting all December to open presents, and within a few moments, they're all open and there you go.

I think to further this moment, we need to work on other options for next year, to stretch out the holiday some.  Perhaps a National Corn Chip Day Parade?  Corn Chip Games would be fun, perhaps tossed into a cornhole?  I'm not sure who to contact about this, but hopefully by next year we'll assemble a lot more activity to support this most cherished holiday.

You know, the funny this is that none of us are actually all that crazy about corn chips.  But we are a little crazy, so all in all it was a fun day regardless.

So what else do you do on National Corn Chip Day?  Well, today we had piano classes, of course.  Madison has been brilliant with the chords using her left hand, which has been good to see.  This is due to lots of practice, as subtly indicated here on this blog.  Then there was ballet practice afterwards as well.  We finished another few stories tonight, one being an audio story about Paul Bunyan, as told by Jonathan Winters.  It was actually a lot of fun, and got Mommy and Daddy craving pancakes!

After bedtime, Mommy and Daddy actually went to bed themselves.  Tomorrow is a doctor's appointment - a physical - and we wanted to be well-rested for that.  We'll probably find out first-hand the effects of eating too many corn chips...