On Sunday, July 4th, 2021, with James, Albus, and Lily all home for the summer, James decided to be proactive in creating a red, white, and blue Fourth of July celebration for his family.
At precisely the nanosecond 7 A.M. came to the Potters household, there were a series of loud bangs in James's, Albus's, Lily's, and Harry's and Ginny's rooms that woke them all up.
These bangs seemed to have come from the ceilings and were followed by red, white, and blue balloon bits falling from the ceilings so that all the floors were covered in evenly distributed red, white, and blue balloon pieces.
As they all run into the kitchen, James had a grin on his face and Lily realized, "It was you!"
"Yes," confirmed James excitedly, "Last night after we'd all gone to bed, I put red, white, and blue balloons in all of our bedrooms. I bewitched the balloons to float a few inches below the ceiling and I charmed them to explode with loud pops at precisely seven this morning. I wanted to start our Fourth of July out with a bang."
Harry, Albus, Ginny, and Lily all beamed at James.
"The red, white, and blue remnants on our floors were pretty cool, " cooed Lily.
"It was awesome to wake up to a bang and then find my floor a sea of red, white, and blue, " smiled Albus.
At lunchtime, the five Potters had a barbecue with grilled hamburgers, hot dogs, chicken breasts, potatoes, and corn on the cob.
All of the individual pieces of meat were about one third as big as normal portions so that they could enjoy some of everything without overstuffing themselves.
They washed down the meal with Coca Cola Classic and ate from plates and drank from cups that had patterns of white stars on a blue background and then alternating red and white horizontal stripes.
"Mom, dad, thank you for your excellent cooking today, " beamed Lily towards the end of the meal, "Everything was hot and juicy, and well, just perfect. And you know how much I love Coca Cola Classic so thank you for providing that as well. "
"And thank you, mom and dad, for the awesome themed plates and cups, " added Albus, "The stars and stripes theme is very fitting for the Fourth of July."
"The best is yet to come," piped up James.
And that night, Harry, James, Albus, Ginny, and Lily happily sat in the stands and watched a spectacular firework show.
This particular fireworks show used only red, white, and blue fireworks.
The show started out with a set of red fireworks going off, then a set of white fireworks going off, then a set of blue fireworks going off, then a set of a mix of evenly distributed red, white, and blue fireworks going off, then a set of fireworks that formed the stars and stripes going off.
When it was over, James declared that, "I think that's the best Fourth of July fireworks show we've ever seen because of the theme. How appropriate is it that only red, white, and blue fireworks were used?"
"The fireworks that were red, white, and blue all at once were totally awesome baby!" declared Albus.
"The stars and stripes patterned ones were the best, " exclaimed Lily, "Just an absolute Fourth of July feel to those."
"Of course, James got us off on the right foot, " said Harry proudly.
"I think I know the best way to end the day, " said Ginny mysteriously,
When they got home, Ginny dug into her purse and pulled out five red, white, and blue lollipops and kept one for herself and handed one each to harry, James, Albus, and Lily and they quickly got to work sucking on them.
The five Potters happily ended this red, white, blue Fourth of July happily savoring red, white and blue.
Happy Fourth of July everyone
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