A happy Fourth

The Fourth of July really came down to two things this year for Anna: Owen and flag cake. Sure, sometimes I could get her to tell me that the 4th was America's birthday, and sometimes she would talk about red, white, and blue, but every single time I mentioned the holiday to her, her immediate response was "flag cake and Owen!"

Well, the day didn't disappoint! We did indeed have flag cake (decorated exclusively by preschoolers), and Owen did indeed come over for an afternoon/evening of lots of swimming, playing in the sand, sliding, swinging, etc. What a happy Fourth we had!

Above is the flag cake in the process of being decorated. So funny to watch the difference of how a girl and boy decorate a cake...Anna was meticulously lining up her blueberries (into some unidentified shape, but it had meaningfulness to her...), while Owen was launching his blueberries from about a foot above the cake and getting much joy out of seeing where they landed. Oh, they had fun...

Here's the final product. Ok, maybe not quite the flag cake to make Martha Stewart or Betsy Ross proud, but it was the best one we've ever had!

We seemed to have our hands too full with these two preschoolers plus two infants to get many pictures of them playing yesterday, but we did capture this "lemonade moment" before they got into the pool. Flash forward 15 years to Spring Break 2024 and these BETTER not be margaritas, you two!

My apologies to Kate and Charlotte for the small number of 4th of July photos of you two ladies. You had a great time "playing" together...you just kept our hands too full for many good shots! Next year...