O Canada!

About two weeks ago I told Jason that I wanted to celebrate Canada Day with the boys. Jason jumped on the idea and RAN with it. We weren't really sure how to celebrate Canada Day. None of us have actually been in Canada to celebrate before, and for whatever reason, Jason's family never celebrated it here. So we decided to make up our own Canada Day celebration....

The day I suggested celebrating Canada Day, Jason hopped on the internet and ordered a lovely Maple Leaf for our front yard. He put it out front and it waved proudly for all of July 1st.

We grilled up some burgers and bratburgers. Have you ever had those? It's weird to have a brat taste in a burger shape. We had some red and white jello, red and white fake M&Ms (let's call those Smarties, eh?), and some red cherry slices. I printed out some Canadian word games here. We found out that North America and Mother In A Car have the same letters, hmmmm. Last year when we were in Canada, we had homemade Blizzards almost every night. Then for Christmas, each family was given an Arctic Twister as a gift. So we had homemade Blizzards for dessert.

Everyone was decked out in their red and white...

The best part was another last minute idea by Jason. He decided on Tuesday to buy a projector so that we could watch backyard movies. We bought a 4x8 screen (piece of white laminated pressboard) and mounted it to our picnic table. Of course we pulled out all of our Canada chairs and enjoyed Canadian Bacon, the movie. Now I don't recommend this movie in general, but I REALLY don't recommend it for a Canada Day celebration. In our defense, we were looking for a movie set in Canada. There aren't many, and Jason was not going to watch Anne of Green Gables. We tried to get Cool Runnings but couldn't get a copy in time. Or maybe you have a different suggestion??

Happy Canada Day!