Happy 4th of July!!!

Cailean worked dayshift overtime today, so the boys and I had the day together. My original plan was to take them bike riding, swimming and then dinner at mom's. Those plans changed quickly before we saw 9am! I had forgotten about the festival in downtown Apex and we have never gone to it, so I thought it would be a fun adventure. So, we were in the heart of the festival by 9:15am. They had entertainment, bouncy houses, fair food and lots of red, white and blue.

Don't forget you can click on the pictures to enlarge them.

We only had to stand in line for less than 5 minutes for the boys to go through the Pirate inflatable maze.
Then we ran into Jenn and Steven, so we hit up another inflatable bouncy house thing and visited the fire trucks. Gavin asked how to put the lights and siren on!


We took a break to take in the crowd, listen to music and enjoy a sno cone. Right after I took this picture Gavin didn't want the rest of his, but Ian did. Before we left the house Gavin asked for the stroller...that tells how tired he was from swimming the last few days!

We headed out after about 1 1/2 hours or so. Here's a picture, so you can get an idea of where we were this morning.

We were driving to Super Target in Apex and there was a check point. My license was in the trunk and I was thinking how crazy that would be if the cop made me pull over to the side to get it. I guess I was about the 5th car in line and I watched him look at the license, then go to the back of the car, look at the license again and give it back to the driver. So, it was my turn. I said, "My wallet is in the trunk of my car." He looked in my backseat and saw two handsome kiddos and told me he didn't think I would be doing anything crazy or illegal, so I could go on through. He had this smirk on his face, too. Phew! I drive away and Gavin says, "If you didn't have kids, then would you have to go to jail?" LOL Oh Gavin!

After a quick trip to Super Target to get dinner to take over to mom's, we drove by Chick-fil-A and noticed a big bouncy house with the cows. Nobody was around except for the employees. It was around 11am and so I swung into the parking lot. The worker was still fixing the bouncy house, but told us to go have lunch and then after it'll be ready to go. I was not planning to have lunch there, but the boys were thrilled, so why ruin all the fun! Ian and Gavin were the only kids around, so they received lots of attention from the cows! Gavin kept saying, "Where are the cow chickens?" Ian would just laugh!!

After lunch we made our way outside. They played two games and then jumped in the bouncy house for about 30 minutes!

We headed home and the boys played Wii Sports while I cleaned. Then, we went to mom's to swim. We even took Pop-pop swimming! Ian was doing GREAT with his freestyle stroke and Gavin decided to float on his back and then start swimming backstroke. I was speechless! Both boys have mastered their cannonballs, too. Then, we went back to mom's to meet Cailean there. We made dinner for them and then I showed my red, white and blue masterpiece of a trifle! My grandmother said I should have taken a picture of it!