Author: Lisa Mungovan

Patty Reitz has been driving a school bus for decades, and you can always tell which students rode her bus. That’s because Miss Patty crochets hats, for every one of them. She’s made 7,083 hats for students in the Clarence Central School District, leaving behind warm memories of friendship, and warmer heads.

The Super Bowl takes place today in Nevada. Will this year’s American football champions be the San Fransisco 49ers, or the Kansas City Chiefs? Maybe you’ll just watch Usher perform in the halftime show.  Don’t forget the Puppy Bowl, on Animal Planet. It’ll be Team Fluff versus Team Ruff, playing for the Lombarky trophy.

Today is Plum Pudding Day. Also called Christmas pudding, a tradition is for the whole family to hold onto a wooden spoon and make a wish while stirring the batter together. In the 17th century, raisins and other fruits were called plums, so don’t be surprised if your recipe doesn’t have plums in it!

Find a penny, pick it up, all the day you’ll have good luck. It’s always lucky to find money! Today is Lost Penny Day. One year, a bronze penny from 19 43 sold for $200,000! Keep all the pennies you find in a little bank, and next year on Lost Penny Day, buy yourself a treat!

A Target store in Texas, gets all kinds of customers. Yesterday, a pair of goats came in to shop. The 2 goats spent some time browsing, before the police were called to remove them from the premises. Luckily, the goats didn’t try to eat any clothes.

In 18 88, Louis LePrince made the first motion picture. Roundhay Garden Scene was only 2 seconds long, just long enough to eat one piece of popcorn! It would be 7 more years before Auguste and Louis Lumière started the motion picture industry. Today is Global Movie Day, so have a movie marathon and watch all your favorites!

Today is Make A Friend Day. It’s fun to make new friends, but it can be hard to meet someone new when you’re shy. You’re in luck, because it’s also Peppermint Patty Day! Offering candy to someone is a great conversation starter, especially when it’s a chocolate covered mint!

Did you dump your drink and make a big mess? Don’t worry. It’s Don’t Cry Over Spilled Milk Day. Just calmly clean up the mess, and carry on with your day. It’s no big deal! It’s also Get Out Your Guitar Day, so play a few tunes today. Is your guitar electric or acoustic?

Think about all the things you use every day. Someone invented them all, from light bulbs and televisions, to socks and forks. Today is Inventors’ Day, so look up the origins of your favorite objects. When was it invented? Try to make your own invention, and someday someone might be looking up your object!

Coco’s eyelashes, are the envy of anyone who wants longer lashes. Coco is a newfypoo dog, which is a Newfoundland-poodle mix, and she has the longest eyelashes in the world. The California canine’s lashes, are 7 inches long! Coco’s humans always tell the groomer not to trim her beautiful lashes.