Oh, Right...the Glittery Hats!

I entirely forgot that I was supposed to show you July 4th photos of my cute kids in their adorable glittery hats. And then I realized that I hadn't posted for a couple of days and remembered that I could post such photos with relatively little effort.

Look! Glittery hats! And pinwheels! And American flags! And Transformers jammies!


Every year, my neighbors host a potluck in their yard for the Fourth. Pretty much everybody from the neighborhood comes and it's a lot of fun. This year I wore the same t-shirt as another woman.

I'm totally firing my stylist.

This year, Jack suggested that we play ring toss with a glow ring.


Yeah, that's Alex trying to ring Jack. He missed.

Wow! That cupcake sure is patriotic! (And probably toxic. I don't think I've ever seen that particular blue in nature.)


More highlights of July 4th in my neighborhood are the swarms of really slow, dumb fireflies. They're like nature's fireworks.

Nature's slow, dumb fireworks.


Are you looking for actual fireworks? Well, my town sets off fireworks two minutes from my house. They block off our street on the fourth, we're so close. And there's a nearby park with some great viewing.


And afterwards, we walk two minutes to get home. And we laugh and laugh and laugh at all the people who have to walk to their cars and then drive home.

And the glow sticks? Don't worry. We get full use of them in Stimeyland.


And yes, I know Jack is asleep on the floor. And that the photo is blurry. But the cute! The cute!