July 4

America's Birthday was once again upon us. While I think many of us have conflicted feelings related to political topics that affect us and those we care about, we still took the opportunity to celebrate and have fun with food coloring. During the day, Daddy had to work and Gabi had camp. So it was up to Mommy, Ethan, and Spencer to get the party started.

Parade 1 (from the afternoon before) - Those are not dogs.

getting last minute supplies

Ready for the neighborhood drive-through parade!



Bring on the festive, sugared, and colored food!


Ethan and Spencer each made his own July 4th scene with Legos.

parade with candy thrown and collected

fireworks and spectators

When Gabi got home from camp, she quickly caught up on her celebratory festivities.

Dinner meant more food coloring and colored foods.

Off to the neighborhood park where we were treated to a patriotic concert from the Austin Civic Wind Ensemble.

Dessert was brought to the concert in the park: homemade and - you guessed it - festively colored Rice Krispie treats.

The children were eventually more entertained by the tattoo table than by the beautiful music.

After the concert, we dropped Daddy off so that he could go back to work - womp womp - and took the party to Cedar Park for sparklers and fireworks.








Fast forward to the afternoon of July 5th when Daddy got to light the single sparkler that we saved for him.