Happy 4th indeed!  Thanks for the good wishes Delbee, it sounds like you'll be having a great cook out! The kielbasa kebobs sound excellent and I think I'll have to copy that idea!  I've been thinking that my menu was lacking something.  I'm going to soak the bamboo skewers soon!  Potato salad is already made, and the pie is yesterdays but still tasty.

Just as a reminder to all the CitR's in the US, be sure to get all your pets in early today so they don't get scared by neighbors with fireworks.  Cats that run off, and dogs that go hide then get lost or run into a street because of the loud noises aren't at all unusual.  We've had lots of people practicing around here but I expect it will be louder than ever tonight! 

Love the names and it sounds like such a grand group effort!  That had to give a lot of satisfaction to you and add a lot of fun for them!  

When I was a kid we had one "foreign food" night each month where we not only researched foods, colored flags, and helped (a little at least) cook it, but dressed up "in character" and learned to say words or phrases in the languages. 

The best costumes were probably the Japanese Kimonos which was bathrobes with wide sashes tied in back, and we sat on floor pillows around a coffee table, but the food was FAR FAR FAR from accurate back then.  Today we may have been able to do at least a little better.  I'm sure our attempts at saying please, thank you, yes and no, or anything else we attempted  would have horrified anyone who spoke the various languages too!

I suspect we had a lot of Italian nights too since dad was always in charge of the pizza making!  Delicioso!