The Feet of the Fourth

It's been a week since the Fourth of July celebration my family held at the beach and it's nice to be home and to have some time to process all of the happenings of the past week.

Every year, the kids vote on which wearable art item they would like to create to add to their annual Fourth of July ensemble.

This year the vote surprised me a bit...they voted for shoes!

And so on the morning of July 4th, we spread out all the paints and supplies and began decorating...

The shoes were found at Target and Walmart with the least expensive being about $5USD.

I was a bit surprised at what a hit the shoes were...

Evidently, these simple canvas shoes are becoming popular again with kids.

I had no clue so I'm thrilled to share this late-breaking trend.  Remember, you heard it here first.

Last year, we made fascinators (read the posts here and here); the year before it was shirts (post is here); the year before that it was shorts (post is here)...preceded by baseball hats (here), and before that, I don't think I was blogging...

By now, they are a walking celebration from head...

To toe!

So when they step out in public, they are quite the patriotic spectacle...

And over the years, we've included all the kids in our building who are vacationing at the beach for the Fourth.

Since I have nine nieces, there's a lot of long hair around.  Last year they tried dyeing their hair red and blue and it made a HUGE mess -- imagine dye all over the tub, walls, bathroom floor...

So when I found this article about chalking hair, I thought we would try it.

We had mixed results...with the blondes or the kids with blond highlights having the best results...

That was the beautiful locks of my niece Katie below...

Who is enjoying a S'more on a Stick made by her Aunt Betsy...

It was another great year, and my oldest niece Carolyn (middle below) flew in from Milwaukee to join us.

And my Dad was there amidst all the mayhem...

But I just realized he didn't have on HIS patriotic shirt.  Funny, it was such a crazy day that I didn't even notice.  

The rest of the week was very, very hot but full of fun and the festive feet went with us wherever we went...

As did Jack...

He's resorted to photo bombing to get some notice amongst all those girls.

I'm back to stitching today and looking forward to making my blog rounds.

Happy Day!