fixins for the fourth

we are in prime party mode at our house, 

gearing up for the fourth of july!

the local fireworks are actually on friday, july 2, 

so the festivities are starting early this year.

we live in a neighborhood full of young families, and luckily, can see the fireworks from our lawn...so most people end up at our house for the show.

i'm planning a little snack and beverage station for friday night

there's also a little fair going on in town that we will go too

and saturday afternoon muffy has invited all the 

neighborhood girlies to a water party where we will have

the dora sprinkler

the double slip and slide 

and the pool 

i found some really cute recipes in this month's 

food network magazine that i'm going to try out

a twist on the "flag" blueberry/strawberry cake

and a new, fun cranberry cocktail

(the sugared rim is actually pop rocks!)

and what to wear?

well, (this should be no surprise) 

muffy and i do not have a lot of red, white and blue in our wardrobes

however, i did recently get this sweater from llbean

(thanks for the tip mFw aka prissy and preppy flamingo)

and this cute little tunic is from gymboree

this is my little sparkler from last year

(see? not a lot of red, white and blue!)

what's on your agenda this weekend?