Heading into the holiday weekend...

What a week...Ian has been enjoying the YMCA all day camp this week. They sure do keep the kids busy! I take him by 8:45am and pick him up at 4pm. When I picked him up Wednesday, one of his counselors put him in my car and told me that they LOVE Ian...he is the best listener...he is such a great kid...ahhh....Thursday is his last day. He'll do one more week of this, but not until mid-August. Next week is basketball camp through the Town of Cary in the mornings. He actually has been asking to do the Y's Camp Blazing Trails at Lake Crabtree. It's 1/2 days for a week where they can go canoeing, boating, fishing, hiking, etc...outdoorsy stuff!

Gavin has been doing GREAT at the Y this week as well. He is a little clingy when I drop him off at the Cricket Club, but when I pick him up 1 hour later I have seen him interact with other kids and seems to actually enjoy his time there! Swim lessons have been absolutely amazing. There are 2 other kids in his class with 2 instructors. Pretty nice ratio, eh? Today, Wes and Angel (instructors) followed the three boys down to the deep end of the pool swimming on noodles with no "bubble" on their backs. I could NOT believe this. He was swimming!!!!! He picked his head up to take a breath and then right back in the water kicking and doing ice cream scoops. Next week I'll get some video clips to post.

After lessons we had lunch at the Y and swam until around 2pm. I didn't want to be near the phone or the computer and have to deal with work!! I had two people come up to me asking how old Gavin was because they couldn't believe this little boy was actually swimming.

We picked up Ian at around 4pm from camp and once again...Gavin was wiped out and fell asleep on the way there. Good thing for the neck pillows from Aunt Sandi! Thanks!! When we got home, mom met us and took the boys. Ian and Gavin treated mom and my grandfather to dinner while my grandmother stayed home to work on getting over her cold. I had a dinner meeting at the local pub with a co-worker! I was actually impressed with how much work we actually did accomplish!!!

Cailean has been to DCA and RIC fixing airplanes the last few days. He went to work Tuesday and ended up getting sent to DCA. He flew back to RDU Wed morning and had to stay to finish out his regular shift. We had t-ball last night, too. Cailean went to work this morning and ended up getting sent to Richmond to fix a plane. They drove up, took care of the problem and then stayed to fix another plane. He'll be back in the middle of the night and not working OT tomorrow. Between mom and Cailean, childcare will be covered while I head to work.