Fourth of July Fun ∙ New Bern, NC

Fourth of July is a big day for our family, not only is it our country’s birthday, it is Josiah’s birthday. Yep, he’s a firecracker baby. So the theme of his party is always the same. Good thing he loves flag cakes! (Cute story: his older brother used to tell him the fireworks were all for his birthday.)

We celebrated with a gourmet picnic at Union Point Park in downtown New Bern. This year marks the 300^th anniversary of New Bern, so the city went all out. There was an air show over the river with a sky diver, a really fast jet, the Cherry Point Rescue squad, and acts from a flying circus including a wing walker and stunt pilots. It was amazing! Mckenna pointed at the sky and said “pla, pla” over and over. This year was also the first year that Mckenna could actually watch the fireworks. She was only 5 months last year. And she loved them! She sat very still and quiet except for when she said “oooo, ahhhh!”

We had such a fun time eating delicious treats, seeing an exciting show and hearing great music with our dear friends!

This cake is made from the Jiffy recipe for Shortcake (doubled) and whipped cream for frosting. Yum! Our friend Claire grabbed this photo of us. We hardly ever get a complete family photo!

If you look really closely at the lefthand photo below, you can see the wingwalker in the Super Man position hanging on at the front of the plane between the wings.

We loaded all our supplies and Mckenna up in the wagon for the hike back to the car.