Happy Independence Day, USA!
Today we celebrate the founding of our country. We celebrate the rights we have because our Founding Fathers set up the changeable constitution the way they did. We celebrate our freedoms, be it freedom of speech, freedom of expression, or the freedom and right to keep and bear arms.Of course, we celebrate this holiday and these freedoms in a rather amusing way: we blow up a small piece of our beloved country with Chinese fireworks while eating German potato salad, frankfurters, hamburgers, and drinking Americanized German and/or English beers, and playing the 1812 Overture (which was written about the defense of Moscow from Napoleon). It's grand to be a citizen of this hodge-podge country!
We had a fantastic BBQ (in the rain!) at my friend Sarah's house, where we made some new friends and J met his first "girlfriend." Well, she is 6 months older but exactly his size, and they had a great time running around, sampling the soda cans in the bucket (J seems to like licking Pepsi cans more than Sierra Mist cans, and no, he didn't get the actual soda). J is still a bit freaked out by people his size hugging him, but he got accustomed to his new buddy and ended up having a great time. He even gave her "respect" (bumped knuckles) which was super cute. They had a whole conversation that consisted of "Hi" back and forth, though the little girl threw in "hi baby" for variety. Those toddler conversations sure keep you on the edge of your seat!
I made a watermelon jello thing (recipe in it's own post) that was a hit, everyone thought it was really cute and there were only 3 little slices left by the end of the party, so it was actually more popular than the real watermelon sitting next to it! The little kids loved it, and the adults were impressed with it. Here's the picture of the finished product:
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