Fourth of July Flakes: Happy Birthday America!

I hope you all have an awesome day celebrating the Fourth of July today!

I plan on spending my day celebrating America and my favorite 7 year old. His favorite colors are red, white, and blue and he believes anything with a flag on it is made for him. We will be fulfilling a 7 year old birthday bucket list that includes “spaghetti in a bucket”. So, how can that not be a great day!

Here are your flakes.

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