National Brother's Day is September 19th...

...according to Ask.com.  However, no other website or list I could find supported this.  I will admit I was a bit peeved since I have it all set to celebrate on that day next week.  And since I had this wonderful article all ready to share with you about fun times to be had celebrating brothers, and it turns out there is no "brother's day," I will instead share with you what I found on other national days. 

In our family we decided to celebrate National Sisters Day in August and National Brothers Day in September.  For both my daughter and son I made a simple name banner and photo album.  I bought paper plates for each perspective child in their own favorite character and we ordered pizza for dinner.  Pictures were taken next to the sign to show growth each year and at dinner we went around the table and said one reason we like that person or in what way they were a good brother/sister.  I wrote those down in the album and later added a photo of the special day.  My hope is that my children learn that they are valued right where they are, at that point in time, just how they are. I've heard too many stories of boys that were smothered by older sisters or girls that never felt they measured up to the boy the family had desired her to be.  So, will we continue to celebrate now that I've discovered the dates are fake?  Of course.  But I, as Mom, reserve the right to move the dates to a less busy and more acceptable time of the year.

Onto what I discovered about National Days!

There is actually a National Siblings Day.  It is April 10th each year.  It has it's own nonprofit website and has been covered by the International Business Times.

So many fun days are just waiting to be celebrated.  I found three calendars that can help keep them all straight.  My favorite, My favorite national calendar offers a climpse at todays date but also has a calendar search and a breakdown of each month.  If you want gear (coffee mugs, t-shirst, mouse pads, etc) to go with your day check out national whatever day.  And this web page is unique in that it offers a glipse of what is coming up the next day.  Did you know tomorrow is national hot cross buns day?

And, though September 19th is not brothers day, it is National Talk Like a Pirate Day!  So, greet your family fist thin' in t' mornin' and enjoy t' giggles that last t' day.  And if pirates be your thing look no further than this here pirate translator.

Sister next to her name banner

Brother and Sister helping decorate the cupcakes Sister picked out as her special desert