Celebrating Canada Day and the 4th of July...

Canada Day and 4th of July fun!!  We invited another American family over.  We had a nice time.  Check out the cake I made.  I took pictures in stages.  It *may* be hard to tell what it is, so I'll just give it away- It's Uncle Sam's Hat.  How American, I know.

 Just a bit of watermelon thrown in there- can't have a summer celebration without watermelon and burgers!

 Nooow.... the finished product.  Yup, that's 4 cakes stacked on top of each other, covered in icing.  We had an interesting time contemplating how we were going to cut it.  

We decided to go with a layer at a time.

It didn't feel *quite* the same celebrating what is normally a hot-summer's-day-sort-of-celebration during the rainy season.  It just pours and pours.  Our yard becomes a swamp!  But we had a fun time just the same.  Thankful for my cozy dry house.

*Sorry there's no pictures of us.  I always forget to take pictures 'in the moment.'