Happy Birthday America!

Where we live, the big fireworks display is on July 3.  Why?  Not a clue.  The show was fabulous and we had an amazing view of the action from the roof of my husband's office building.  However, today is actually Independence Day and it's important to celebrate it, even if the Big Show is already over.

So our day began with Freedom Pancakes!

Mix up about 3 cups worth of pancake batter, and split it into thirds.  Color one batch blue and one batch red, then make all the pancakes.  Let them cool a minute, then cut out the shapes with cookie cutters.  Swap out the colors...and voila!  This is fun for any occasion.  Use hearts for Valentines Day, pumpkins for Halloween, dinos on your 3-year-old son's birthday, blah, blah, blah.

My son snarfed his plate of cakes down and declared this the Best Day Ever.  (I don't read too much into that, though.  He uttered the same statement last night during the fireworks show, and last week when we got a free cookie at the grocery, and before that when he found a forgotten gift card stuck in his dresser drawer...he's easy to please.)

At dusk this July 4, we'll be content with our six boxes of sparklers.  :-)