Ready for the 4th

Sylvie loves holidays, so yesterday I told her that Sunday is the 4th of July, which is America's birthday. She thought about that for a couple of seconds and then asked, "How will we give Obama his present?" I told her presents for Pres. Obama weren't necessary but the idea definitely stuck. Later during a trip to Target as we passed the card section she asked, "Do we need a card for Obama?"And after we made these festive coffee filter fireworks she said, "Obama's gonna just love these. He's gonna say, 'those are so pretty, Sylvie and Mama.'"

Sylvie and I have been having fun lately experimenting with different ice pop concoctions, so today we made delicious and patriotic ice pops using this method. When I asked Sylvie what we should use for the red and blue she suggested strawberries and blueberries, but the white layer was a little trickier. Sylvie suggested paper. When I asked her if paper sounded yummy she had to admit that it did not, so we used yogurt instead.

Happy and Safe 4th to Everybody!

There are more great 4th of July ideas for kids over at The Crafty Crow and One Pretty Thing.