Father's Day & Longest day of the year!

Tomorrow is Father's Day! Hooray for every man who does the job of a father! It also happens to be the longest day of the year, also called the summer solstice. Technically, it is the first day of summer, but since conventionally summer starts on Memorial Day or the Last Day of School (yes, last day of school gets major holiday status, I'm a teacher,) I think it's more fun to celebrate the longest day of the year with a really late night party! Bring the OFF, light the citronella candles and torches, and play until the sun goes down. One year, my mom's best friend organized a neighborhood water fight with water guns, and balloons. There was a little plastic wading pool set up in the front yard to refill guns. Some of the older kids (not saying it was my idea, not saying it wasn't) decided to pick up the pool and dump it on the dads, who were sitting right on the other side of the fence. My father, having good hearing, instincts and years of thwarting kids planning mischief, moved. The other dads didn't.

Take time to celebrate:
6/20 Eat an Oreo Day, Ice Cream Soda Day, West Virginia becomes a state
6/21  Father's Day, Summer Solstice (First Day of Summer)
6/22  Birthday of the donut and Anne Morrow Lindberg