Celebrating the 4th of July started off at Brooklyn Park Library. It was our 1st 'toddler storytime" event and I was quite pleased with the way it was run. It was like going to preschool for 45 mins. The theme of course was 4th of July where the librarian alternanted between a book, a felt board story, book, song, and finally gave out flags for the children to march with.
While we were there, JV didn't care to march with the other kids, but when we come home he literally ran in circles with Shogun as he cheered with the flag.
Running in circles:
Showing his flag to Shogun:
Later I had him make a the American flag. I started by having him color this flag blue knowing that I would only be using the star portion for our project. Because he has the attention span of a 2 year old, after all, he is almost 2, we took a break when he was done.
When he wanted to do more art projects I brought out the white paper and red stripes that I had cut the day before. After showing him how to dip the q-tip in the glue and rubbing it on the paper I stepped back and let him work his magic.
While he was busy glue the stripes down, I cut out the stars section of the flag from earlier.
Here he is putting a little extra glue on the stars. I guess he really wanted it to stick...LOL.
Happy 4th of July!
Last, but not least, was a cookout with our friends. Someone is VERY happy to be here!
How cute is he?
And of course, you can't have a 4th of July cookout with out an American dish. This could be the most delicious sugar cookie flag EVER!
