Since the kids and I celebrated the Fourth at Julie’s, we felt like we missed out on our family celebration. So we celebrated on the fifth. 🙂 It’s not like we do anything super special, but it’s the tradition that matters. And that makes me happy, actually. I am glad my kids notice the little things I do to make a holiday special and look forward to it. Makes the work totally worth it.
So, we had our Independence Day hamburgers, as usual.
I have started grilling onions to go on the burgers because Nicholas loves them in all forms. Plus we’ve watched too many episodes of Man vs. Food featuring hamburgers with crazy stuff on them. A plain burger just seems naked now, somehow.
We also had our standard red,white, and blue drinks as first seen in an issue of Family Fun magazine. Or we tried to. I couldn’t find the blue Powerade at all three stores I looked at. It was there last year, gone this year. Hmmpphh! So we tried to improvise with Berry Blue Koolaid, but the sugar content wasn’t right and it didn’t stay separated very well.
This was the best one of the day. The rest mostly looked purple. Oh well, it was still fun and tasted delicious. 🙂
I still wish my kids could have the chance to experience this holiday in the States, but with the school holidays being how they are, that is not likely to happen. But at least we can use sparklers and little fireworks here that I saved from New Years Eve and no one complains. That is a definite plus.