Fourth of July Fireworks & Dessert Party

Friday, July 4, 2014

Happy 4th of July!!  What a great weekend!

  

We celebrated Independence Day with our Second Annual 4th of July Fireworks & Dessert party.  We had a "blast" last year and we just had to do it again. We still kept things very small with only a few families but it was still a lot of fun.  Thanks to Pinterest, I made red, white and blue sugar cookie bars, Rice Krispie lolly pops, fireworks cupcakes (sprinkles in the middle), chocolate star wands and fruit skewers.  We also had Cracker Jacks, Twizzlers, blue and white chips with salsa and pop rocks!  We got red and blue kool-aid bottles for the kids and even blue cream soda (and some adult beverages) for the grown-ups!  There was loads of food and loads of fun.

We had treat buckets for all the kids and a fireworks painting craft.  We also let the kids decorate their bikes and scooters with streamers for a little bike/scooter parade.  They seemed to really like that.  We also let them have a silly string fight which was definitely a highlight of the evening.

After some food, friends and fun it was finally time for fireworks!  This year's were even better (and way longer) than last year.  Emily braved a sparkler (with a cup) which was kind of a big deal after a little spark got her arm last year.  Dan and Paul really rocked the show.  They had some little "fireworks" that the kids really loved (the little panda Emily picked out, parachute guys and yes, a pooping puppy) and a bunch that Emily said were "just like Disney."  They went way up in the sky and were really beautiful.  I never even knew you could buy those!  For a show just on our driveway, it was pretty amazing. It was a super fun night.

  

   

The boys of summer!!