Happy Fourth of July!

We celebrated the Fourth of July at the cottage again this year. Our day started out with the Edgewood Glory Day Parade. The kids really look forward to this and all had fun in it this year. Abby rode her bike, Henry his scooter and Johanna her bike. All of them were decked out in red, white and blue glitz and looked great!

After the parade we got ready for the picnic. Henry had helped me make food earlier in the day so we were pretty much ready to go. One of the things we made was red, white and blue strawberries (they were yummy!) and Johanna added the flags to make them even more festive.

 Firecracker straws - the kids always want me to buy these! :)

 Henry lost a tooth on July 3. He loved that he could put the straw right through the 

opening in his mouth.

 "I Pledge Allegiance to the Flag..."

We also put popsicle sticks in watermelon to make "Watermelon on a stick." It was great and a lot less messy than regular watermelon pieces. And more fun too!

Here are more pictures of the day:

 Daddy's Girl! Colin -33, Johanna 3 years, 3 months

 Aunt Nancy and Uncle Blaine were in Michigan and Johanna LOVED seeing Nancy again! She had fallen in love with her in Florida and it was great to see her again!

 I love these kids!!

 We knocked another item off of our "Summer To Do List" and tie-dyed on the night of July 3. The kids did an awesome job and we were all really happy with how the shirts turned out!

 Another scooter ride for Johanna...the flag sure adds to the fun!

 Three adorable kiddos in tie-dye...love it!

And the necessary goof-off picture too. :)