For the 4th of July weekend we headed down to Madison (Matt's hometown) to enjoy the Regatta festivities. Matt's grandmother graciously allowed us to borrow her apartment which is just steps from the parade route and blocks from the river where the fireworks, boat races, and food vendors are located. We started Friday
off with a trip down to the river to show the kids the boats. Carson hadn't taken a nap yet, so he fell asleep in my arms while we were walking. I found someplace to sit and Matt went to get snacks for us. The parade was that evening. We watched it with all of Matt's family. It was very fun, but kind of long!!
On Saturday we decided to take a downtown Madison tour...courtesy of Matt. We went to see the fountain, some historic homes, a train caboose, and ate some donuts. That afternoon we walked down to the river again, this time with strollers so Carson could fall asleep there. Saturday night were the fireworks. As we were headed back up to the apartment to get the blanket and bug spray Delaney asked if we had popcorn to eat during the fireworks. We didn't have any, so we stopped off at the grocery store and bought 
some to microwave before heading back down. We popped 3 regular size bags of popcorn and she ate an entire bag alone....I guess she really wanted popcorn. She was a little hesitant of the fireworks at first, but with some convincing (they were not going to fall on her and burn her), she enjoyed them. Car on the other hand was NOT a fan of fireworks. He sat cuddled up on my lap with my hand over his ear so that he couldn't hear them. If I tried to move my hand to talk to him it was quickly slammed back down. I did finally turn him so he could see them and he stayed that way.Sunday was the day for the boat races. They were delayed and then there was so much time between the heats it was ridiculous. Then they were delayed again......and again.....so we decided to go ahead home. Car fell asleep on our way back up to the apartment to gather up our stuff, so we laid him down on the air mattress to sleep while Matt loaded the car and I gathered everything up.
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Is that Matt in the first picture?? And does he have handcuffs??? What is the story with that?
That person's son bought a plastic "cops" toy from a street vendor and the dad was wearing the handcuffs on his belt loop....too funny that you thought it was Matt....it does kind of look like him though!!!
I love the picture of the kids hamming it up! I, too, wondered about the handcuffs ... : )
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