photo creditDid you know that March 14 is National Pi Day?
Get it?
3-14
three point one four
Edited from original post: This year we have the chance to celebrate the Pi Day of the Century!
Since pi = 3.141592653...
(Thank you, Google!)
...we have the opportunity to celebrate 3-14-15
So make sure you have dinner at 9:26:53 and you will be a Super Pi Star!
But if you're like me, you'll probably just eat whenever there's time. ;)
Okay, back to the original post....
Since March 14th falls on Sunday this year (Not really! It's on Saturday in 2015), we will complete our activities on Monday. Here is what I have lined up for the day.
- Complete a few of the activities from this resource.
- Go to the pool and determine how many laps each of us can swim in 3 minutes, 14 seconds.
- Calculate the average number of laps we swam.
- Calculate the circumference and area of circles of varying sizes.
- Create a piece of artwork using circles only.
And last but not least...
Enjoy a Pi(e) Dinner!
Oh yeah!
Pie. For Dinner!
My people are all about the pie. Chicken pot pie is a favorite that has to make its way to the table every now and again. In fact, pie dinner became tradition at our house purely by accident.
One night, I was utterly exhausted-- completely out of spoons. (That's code for energy among those with chronic illness.) I looked something like this...
The hungry people at my house still required food, though. And for some strange reason, they looked to me to provide it. Shocking, I know.
I plodded into Kroger and didn't have the energy to make it past the bakery. The apple pie looked really good. It was already baked and everything. And it had apples... that's fruit, people! Fruit!
Don't judge me.
As healthy as my plan was, I knew Michael would want more than just pie. Perhaps some ice cream on top? So I sent the boys around to the freezer section to grab a carton of French vanilla. The clever one saw pot pies and grabbed four of them. My two little stinkers came running back up to the front of the store so proud of what they had acquired.
A tired, spoon-less mother cannot argue with that logic or temper that enthusiam. Pot pie and apple pie it was.
One night, I was utterly exhausted-- completely out of spoons. (That's code for energy among those with chronic illness.) I looked something like this...
I plodded into Kroger and didn't have the energy to make it past the bakery. The apple pie looked really good. It was already baked and everything. And it had apples... that's fruit, people! Fruit!
Don't judge me.
As healthy as my plan was, I knew Michael would want more than just pie. Perhaps some ice cream on top? So I sent the boys around to the freezer section to grab a carton of French vanilla. The clever one saw pot pies and grabbed four of them. My two little stinkers came running back up to the front of the store so proud of what they had acquired.
Look, Mommy! Pot PIIIIIES! We loooooove pot pie!!
We can eat apple pie and pot pie, and it will be a big pie dinner!
A tired, spoon-less mother cannot argue with that logic or temper that enthusiam. Pot pie and apple pie it was.
I was declared the best.mom.ever as my sons danced around the dinner table, stuffing their mouths with various pastry delights, singing the apple pie version of Bill Cosby's "Chocolate Cake Song."
Mom is fly... give us the apple pie!
Shazam! Pie dinner was born. Now, the tradition lives on every March 14th. Pie dinner has rightfully moved to Pi Day.
This year, I have a few more available spoons and will serve my secret weapon, Ham Pie, with Michael's all-time favorite dessert, pudding pie.
Real cooked food! I'm so granola.
Ahem, here are the recipes:
Real cooked food! I'm so granola.
Ahem, here are the recipes:
Ham Pie (adapted from a Ham and Swiss Pastry Bake found in this cookbook)
2 cups cooked, cubed ham
1 cup grated cheese (we prefer swiss)
1 bag of Mirepoix Style Blend
(Kroger brand frozen veggie, thaw first; if you don't shop at Kroger it is about 1 1/2 cups combined of chopped carrots, onion, and celery)
1 tsp dried mustard
1 Tbsp lemon juice
1/3 cup light mayo
1 9 in deep dish frozen pie shell, thawed
- Preheat oven to 375
- Mix all ingredients and pour into pie crust
- Bake for 25 to 35 minutes
- That's it! It's sooooo easy!
Dawn's Pudding Pie
2 large boxes of instant pudding
3 cups of milk (I use 2 %)
1 large tub or 2 smaller tubs of fat free Cool Whip
1 graham cracker pie crust
- Mix pudding with 2 cups of milk.
- Stir in additional milk, until the mixture is smooth but not runny.
- Stir in cool whip and mix on high until fluffy and firm.
- Pour into pie crust and refrigerate for about one hour before serving.
- Seriously, that's all! Easy Peasy, too.
Isn't Pi Day the best holiday of them all? You can't get any easier than that, folks... except maybe to get yourself something store-bought. But you would never do that, would you?! Lol!
(Go ahead... buy Marie Callender's! I won't tell.) :)
(Go ahead... buy Marie Callender's! I won't tell.) :)
If you plan to celebrate, please share any fun activities you have planned!
Happy Pi Day!
Dawn
2 comments:
Oh, I wish I had read this sooner! What a fun day and great ideas! Come to think of it, my younger two don't even know what pi is... but once they do, we'll be sure to borrow some of your ideas. : )
Me too, wish I had visited your blog earlier, but this is so creative, I'll remember for next year. Thanks for sharing.
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