4th of July!

I love me some 4th of July! It is my favorite holiday and I am always determined to make it a fun day. We started off by walking to Santa Rita park to watch the neighborhood parade with some friends.

Max found a flag that was in the ground and waved it like a pro!

Will found some water and threw mesquite beans until he figured out there was candy being thrown.

Then we decided we were going to try to make all 5 kids stand still to take a picture.

I wanted to do a fun project but didn't think about it until the last minute... we mixed acrylic paint with water, put some drops on the paper and then blew it with straws.

It was supposed to look like fireworks and if you squint your eyes it kind of does. When you're in the process of doing it, it absolutely does not.

This is Wills

This is mine

I also attempted some festive snacks for the party that evening, marshmallows dipped in chocolate with sprinkles on top. The trick was fitting that shoe box with 18 skewers sticking out of it into the refrigerator. The chocolate wasn't dry so none of them could touch the others or anything else in the refrigerator, very awkward...

I tried one and they weren't very good, but awfully cute.

The party was at my parents house. They have a perfect view of the fireworks show from their back patio. There's not much of a yard but a big patio and lots of rocks and dirt... the cousins were entertained for hours!

Max spent a good half hour throwing a frisbee over the fence...

Happy Independence Day!