Oh, sweet corn!
We have been driving by John Young's vegetable stand every chance we get to see if he will be opening soon.
We've been a little worried that maybe his corn won't be as pretty and plentiful this year as it has been in the past. It has been so hot and dry here this summer.
No worries!
John Young opened up at noon on the Fourth of July!
And, as usual, his corn is beautiful and delicious!
The first corn of the season!
We are hoping that this is William's last summer of cutting his corn off the cob!
His orthodontist appointment in three weeks should tell us how much more time he has left with braces.
Corn Plates.
These are the plates that we used when I was a kid.
Rob and Brandy are preparing for their garage sale in just a few weeks, so when Carrie and I were up last weekend, they asked us if we would like to inherit these.
YES!
I absolutely LOVE these plates!
Not only are they so practical, they are a great piece of my summertime childhood memories.
(Thank you Uncle Robbie and Aunt Brandy!)
And when Matthew saw them?
He said, and I quote,
"These corn plates are stinkin' rockin' awesome!"
That' right.
They are.
The Fourth of July is one of our favorite holidays.
We usually have a cookout, a treasure hunt,
and fireworks.
This year, with the extreme heat and dryness (our grass is a strange shade of yellowy-brown)...and with getting Carrie all ready for camp...we decided to postpone our Fourth of July.
Maybe after it rains a bit...
so that we can set off some fireworks...
without setting our yard on fire.
So...instead of our usual festivities, we settled down after our sweet corn and grilled hamburger lunch and watched the hot dog eating contest (a tradition), and William made some blue milk.
I don't know why he decided to put food coloring in milk, but it was actually very pretty.
He also made green and light red (pink) milk
for Josh and Matty.
Summertime is such a great time for creating new traditions and digging up old ones.
Enjoying the good old summertime,
We put food coloring in our milk to celebrate various holidays... green for St. Patrick's Day, pink for Valentine's Day, blue for 4th of July and red for Christmas. :) It's an easy way to put some special into a holiday breakfast.
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