What Happened on the 4th

We had a great 4th of July, but I'm sad to say that I didn't take very many pictures that made it look like we were celebrating the 4th of July. However, we did take advantage of the Holiday, and of course we ended it with Fireworks. Here are some pictures and videos of our day.

4th of July Cupcakes:

Ok, so I did get to do my Patriotic thing and decorate some 4th of July cupcakes. This is me in my element. I stuffed these cupcakes with Twinkie like filling which was a first for me, and they turned out pretty good. Decorating, by far is the most fun part for me. Some people read, some people garden...me, well I decorate cupcakes. I'm somewhat embarrassed to post these pictures on a blog because I've seen such AMAZING picture perfect cupcakes from other blogs, but like I said this is me! I'm happy to say too that I got to listen to my favorite 4th of July music on Pandora.com while decorating....Neil Diamonds "Coming to America." It was sheer inspiration.

Et's theme song:

For those of you who don't know where our little Edison got his nickname "Et", I will clear your confusion now. When I brought home the first ultra sound pictures of our little babe, Nate said he looked like an alien...kind of like "E.T.". From then on the nick name stuck. This is also why we had the hardest time calling him William (which is his real first name) and had to go with Edison (his middle name) because it sounded more like Et. Poor kid. And that's how it all began. Till this day we still use his nick name. SO, on with our 4th of July holiday...as I was in my element decorating cupcakes and listening to Pandora.com, I started to listen to the composer John Williams, and low and behold the E.T. theme song came on. Nate and I couldn't resist the urge to grab our little Et and dance around the room to his very own theme song. You'll notice by his face that he was quite confused...as I'm sure he will be when he's older and watching this as well.

Honolulu Zoo:

After cupcakes and theme songs we finally got out of the house and met some friends of ours at the Honolulu Zoo. I'm happy to announce that we are now proud owners of a $25 year long Zoo pass. Yes! This will make for some fun outings. Little Edison LOVED the spider Monkeys and couldn't keep his eyes off of them. He was also pretty enthralled by the Hippos which we got some cool video of. It's no San Diego Zoo or Wild Animal Park...but it serves it's purpose well.