Bento Bloggers & Friends Patriotic Hop

July is a time for celebration! My husband is Canadian and I am American. July 1st is Canada Day. July 4th is Independence Day in the United States. Two great reasons to celebrate. Boogs is already excited and hopeful about this year's fireworks. Last year, Texas was too hot, too dry, and too stricken with wild fires to have any. We are keeping our fingers crossed this year, so far it is looking good for fireworks.

Bento Bloggers & Friends are linking together for these July celebrations by having a  Patriotic Bento Blog Hop. Be sure to click the link at the end of this post to hop over to Dina's blog to see another patriotic bento lunch. (All hop links should be live by 10a.m. on June 29th.)

Katie Woo: Red, White, and Blue and Katie Woo! by Fran Manushkin
Katie's favorite holiday is the 4th of July. She is excited about the parade, backyard party, and fireworks. The day does not go as Katie has planned. A dog ate the hot dog buns, her friend JoJo gets a stomach ache, and then it rains. Luckily, the rain stopped in time for Katie's favorite part of the day, the fireworks.

In the lunchbox: U.S. flag made out hotdogs, cheese, & white candy stars, hotdog & cheese skewer, salad, half of a banana (under tart), and a fruit tart made with blueberries & raspberries.

A closer look.

Boogs and I have read the following two books every year since he was two-years-old. The Star-Spangled Banner by Scholastic has beautiful pictures for each line of the song. Fireworks by Mara Conlon tells the story of a little sister's first time watching fireworks on the 4th of July. Boogs enjoys these books every year.

Next up on the Bento Blogger & Friends Patriotic Hop is Dina from What the Girls Are Having. 

Click HERE to go to Dina's Bento.

Check out the wonderful sites I link to on my sidebar! If you want to see more book inspired lunches, click on the "lunches" label at the end of this post. To see the previous Bento Bloggers & Friends hops click on the "hop" label.