In Celebration of the Fourth of July (and Canada Day, Too)

July 4th! A holiday I don't usually give a lot of thought. But my very sociable Doodlebug wanted to celebrate. So we invited our Canadian friends over for swimming and a cookout. Nothing like celebrating an American holiday with Canadians! They got a kick out of it, too. Just to make it fair, though, I told them that we would make it a combined Canada Day/Fourth of July celebration. I had the girls' color Canadian and American flags and make a banner to hang up. I also found online a picture of a beaver wearing a shirt with a maple leaf on it for the girls' to color. They loved that.

Our friends are great sports and really, and, as they themselves pointed out, they've lived here in the U.S. of A. the vast majority of their married life; plus, their adorable little baby was born here. So there you go.

Hooray for the red, white and blue! And the red and white, too! And hooray for me, I made a rhyme!