Happy Birthday, America!
I'll admit--
I really have liked celebrating the 4th of July on a Sunday.
It's been a treat.
We have Keith Lockhart on our DVR, and we got our fireworks in last night.
What more could we ask?
Last night, we went to a neighboring town to watch their fireworks show.
(Our favorite place to go wasn't holding Saturday night fireworks, which was a bummer. We'll be back next year, though.)
Ian and Joe finally broke into the astronaut ice cream that Joe bought us on a business trip to NASA. As a cute side note, we realized that we'd never explained to Ian what astronaut ice cream was....this was evidenced by the fact that Ian packed two spoons into the diaper bag when we told him we were bringing it along. How adorable is that?
This is how Blake spent the evening. Mosquitoes are not the friend of my baby. Neither are fireworks. I spent the entire show plugging his ears, which enabled him to sleep through the entire thing.
Today's festivities were fantastic. This is the second year that we've spent the 4th with the Call's. This year we decided to skip the rowboats on the Charles, though. Joe decided he didn't want to offer up his arms on the altar of The Jell-o Rowboat Arms.
I can't quite blame him.
I made a birthday cake for America and American flag cupcakes for the kids.
They loved singing "Happy Birthday" to America and blowing out their candles.
As we were sitting at the table getting ready for dessert, Brandon was calculating the age of the U.S. in his head, and mentioned that it was 234 years old....to which I said, "I have 2-3-4 candles!" So we lit them and sang Happy Birthday again.
I had a blast making this cake. The whipped cream would be enough to make me happy....
(but you already knew that)...
inside the cake, there was a little patriotic surprise....
What could it be?
See? I told you it was fun to make.
And I couldn't forget to capture my piece with some of Emily's homemade strawberry cheesecake ice cream. THAT ice cream have me one of the biggest ARE-YOU-KIDDING-ME-??-?? moments I've had in a while.
Mmmmmmmmmmmmm.
That cake is SO AMAZING! How did you do that? I can't get over it!!! Wow. I am so impressed. Oh I wish I had a piece. We did have pie (appple/peach pie) and vanilla ice cream which I must say turned out beautifully and tasted even better but really- it cannot compare to what I just witnessed via photographs. That must have blown everyone away!
ReplyDeleteHappy 4th!
Oh, Joy, I love pie. Why didn't you invite me over? =)
ReplyDeleteOK, seriously, how did you do that?!
ReplyDeleteAlso... if you keep this up, I'm going to have to start calling you Martha. :)
ReplyDeleteGreat cake! I love the birds over the crib too:-)
ReplyDeleteI'm with Liz--martha!!
ReplyDeleteAWESOME cake skillz, love the decor on the outside & the treat on the inside--very impressive!!
I don't have my groove in my new kitchen yet so I didn't attempt a THING for the 4th.
*sigh*
Next year?
I'm with Liz...how DID you do that cake??
ReplyDeleteIncredible.
Upon seeing the cake on the outside, I thought it was beautiful. Seeing the INSIDE...downright amazing.
Ok are we on the same page or what. Made the exact same cake! Loved it. I really liked making it, I felt oh so accomplished. And the oh's and ah's that came when I cut it.... priceless!
ReplyDeleteYeah, but your CAKE!!!!!! wow.
ReplyDeleteHow did you do THAT? that is the cool factor PLUS! and how did you get the circles on the outside on whipped cream?
wow.
Wow Jen, nice work on the cake!
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