Happy Independence Day!

"Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand

Between their loved home and the war's desolation!

Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land

Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.

Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,

And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."

And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave

O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!"

-The Star-Spangled Banner 

Francis Scott Key

St. Patrick's Day

We attempted to be festive for St. Patrick's Day by having green shamrock-shaped pancakes for brunch!

They started out pretty good...

...but it turns out neither of us are very good at flipping shamrock-shaped pancakes, so they ended up like this:

Oh well! They still tasted good!

I decided to try again with some shamrock sugar cookies:

And they turned out a little better than the pancakes!

Still kinda odd shaped though. I guess a shamrock is just a hard shape to work with...

Anyway, Happy St. Patrick's Day (a day late)!