To celebrate the holiday we went to a July fourth celebration at the home of a friend from church. The invitation clearly stated three rules:
- Bring your own drink.
- Bring your own fireworks.
- Bring a dish.
Ryan took care of the fireworks because mom just isn’t cool enough to know what types of dangerous explosives boys want to play with. I would only come back with smoke bombs, sparklers, snap-n-pops, and water guns and somehow I don’t think that would cut it.
Drinks were easy: Juicy Juice for the pyromaniacs and Mountain Dew Revolution to keep mom and dad awake just in case the need for a trip to the emergency room should arise. I do have boys you know.
As far as food goes, I got a wild hair and decided to surprise the boys with pigs in a blanket, cookie dough, colored icing, AND sprinkles!! Woo Hoo! The party got started a bit early!
They thought they were gourmet chefs as they wrapped each little piece of bratwurst in crescent roll dough. They even got a bit creative and Gevan remarked how his piggy was no longer cold. (?) Brennan thought they looked more like diapers than blankets. I have to say that I somewhat agree.
Then there was the real fun. Rolling out the cookie dough, cutting out the star shapes, and mixing the icing. I think Jacob was rather proud of his sugar mustache, or um, beard, don’t you think? He sported it proudly.
Once the cookies were baked and cooled I let them abuse the poor things with obscene amounts of icing and sugar sprinkles. Once they were done, it was a chore to keep their little fingers out of the colorful goo. I’m thankful that their stomachs were able to hold all of the non-nutritious contents. It would have been bad for them to throw up in the pool at our friend’s house. Really bad.
The star of my night was the Venetian Pizza Roll. YUMMY. Before you even dig into it you can see the heavenly layers and smell the robust herbs steaming out from within the flaky crust. Then you bite into a little piece of heaven as you get a mouthful of gooey cheese, vibrant spinach, and robust prosciutto. The smoke flavor lingers long enough to make you crave another bite. Oh it was delightful and so easy to make. I’ll be nice and include the recipe. 
1 can refrigerated pizza dough
1 pack (about 8 oz) Provolone cheese
7 ounces prosciutto sliced really thin
2 cups baby spinach
1 tablespoon olive oil
Kosher salt and Italian Herbs for seasoning (to taste)
Flour your work surface and roll out the pizza dough. Brush the dough with some olive oil then layer the spinach on top. Place the prosciutto in a layer on top of the spinach. Season with salt and herbs. Layer provolone cheese across the top of that and then gently roll into a log. Bake for about 20-25 minutes at 400 degrees. Let cool completely then slice into thin pieces. Prepare your tastebuds. Enjoy!
FAIR WARNING: Kids who eat too much sugar, swim for four hours straight and then pop fireworks for two hours will usually fall fast asleep when they get home leaving mom and dad wide awake from too much Dew. Drink responsibly.
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Thanks for sharing your ideas!! I bet your kids had a blast!!
YUM! The recipes all look great.
Amy, that was too funny! They DO look like diapers! lol I also love how you tried to keep the cookie dough in a 24″ area with that blue thing on the table. lol
Yummy, sounds like MY KIND of meal!! Drinks and all…
Glad to hear you all had a great day♥
Very cute and fun ideas. Sounds like you all had a blast and yum!
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Great ideas! Sounds like fun!
That looks sooooo yummy! I haven’t had lunch yet, so I’m getting real hungry!
Oh how fun, and thanks for the disclaimer at the end of your BLOG. My husband is a “Dew” junkie. We have spent many nights wide awake “DEW” to the fact that he just couldn’t say no to that last drink!
Blessings to you!
That looks like some fun in the kitchen!
What a fun momma! That is a lot of sugar though– my boys would be in heaven.
LOL about the sparklers and pop-it’s… but have you seen some of the HUGE sparklers they have out nowadays? Whoa. Major stuff.