Celebrate the 4th with these great ideas....

The 4th is next week.  Next week!?!?!?  I can't believe it.  One reason is probably because we just got out of school, but the 4th always seems to creep up on me and it's one of my favorite holidays.  I love the parades, I love the fests, I love the fireworks, and I for sure I love the food.

This year however, we will not be home for the 4th, we will instead be at....DISNEY WORLD!!!  We cant' wait and I can't wait to share our trip with you.

In the meantime, I have some wonderful 4th of July eats and treats.  Have a great weekend!

Two Pea's and their Pod's Blueberry, Strawberry and Jicama Salad

SnoCone Cupcakes from Bakerella

4th of July Marshmallow Pops

Cookin Cowgirl's Firecracker Cookies

Free 4th of July Printable from My Fabulous Life

Patriotic Popsicles from Just Another Manic Momday

Mom.me's Fruity Ice Drinks

4th of July Banana Splits

Just A Taste's Pinwheel Cookies

Makoodle's Patriotic Oreo Pops

Red White and Blue Jello at Brown Eyed Baker

A hot 4th.....

It feels good to relax.  It was a VERY busy, VERY hot 4th of July weekend. I hope you all had a great weekend also. 
I thought I'd share a few pics of our weekend.  We saw fireworks.  Twice.  The first try Jack fell off his lawn chair about 5 minutes before they started.  We ended up inthe emergency room.  Ended up being a bruised, lip, but we thought it may have needed stitches. 
All that aside, we saw many of our friends and family, went to a few fests, and saw a parade.  Now back to our routine and to enjoying the rest of Summer.

 Right before his fall and ER visit.....

Jack LOVES firetrucks!

4th of July....

I hope you are all having a safe and fun 4th of July.  Eat, drink and relax!!!

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Via: VA Home Loans

Patriotic Popsicles....

Looking to cool off this holiday weekend?  These red, white and blue popsicles will do the trick! 

Beides the freezing time, these take no time to make, and are so festive for all the kids (or adults) on your list!  I used 3 ounce paper cups for these, but you can use yogurt containers or even 5 ounce cups!

With the hot weather we are having here, we will be eating these like crazy!!!!!

Patriotic Pops
Yield: 12 Popsicles
2 cups blue Gatorade (or blue drink of choice)
2 cups of lemonade
2 cups Cranberry Juice (or red drink of choice)
12 (3 oz) disposable cups
12 wooden craft sticks
Fill each of the cups 1/3 of the way with blue liquid. of the blue drink into each of the 12 disposable cups.  Freeze until partially frozen, about 30-45 minutes
Fill each cup another 1/3 of the way with the lemonade.  Add a craft stick to the center of each cup and return to the freezer for another 45 minutes.
Remove from the freezer and pour the red liquid into the rest of each cup, on top of the lemonade.  Freeze until solid.
Run briefly under warm water to remove the popsicles from the cups.

4th of July treats!

 

Don't you just want to hug these?  I do, they are so cute, and so perfect for the 4th of July weekend which is ONE WEEK AWAY!!!  I can't believe it's here already!

Anyways, I plan on making these for next weekend and I know they will be a hit.  Who doesn't love chocolate and strawberries??

All you have to do is dip the strawberries in melted white chocolate, and then dip them in blue sugar!    Hopefully mine will turn out as great as these did from.allrecipes.com did.  

  

I hope you are having a great weekend.  We are off to the pool!

Wordless Wednesday

This Wordless Wednesday is full of pics from our 4th!