Happy 4th of July!

We met up with Caylie, Dexter (uncle Eddie's med school friend's kid) and Po-Po at Gilroy Gardens today. I had a good time showing Caylie, Dexter and Po-Po around. We expected it to be really crowded because of the holiday, but it was pretty empty. Hooray! No lines for the rides!

I drove Po-Po around on the bumper cars. I told her not to be scared and not to scream. She's in good hands with me! Caylie even drove uncle Eddie and auntie Lia. Guess what? Mason drove dada and mama...and he didn't cry! In fact, he did much better on the rides this time. He even rode the race car and fire engine ride by himself.

It was CRAZY hot in Gilroy today. At one point, dada said it was only 99 degrees. To beat the heat, we ran through the waterfall and played in the water play area. Caylie was more interested in browsing the selection of water toys and flip flops than playing with the water. Must be a girl thing. Dexter seemed to like the water too, but it was hard to tell. He just stood there with the same look on his face.

Mason and I had a great time playing water.  I got sprayed in the face by a fountain because I was staring at the hole in the ground. Haha! It was so funny, I did it again! Mama was laughing so much, she didn't get a chance to take a video. So, you'll just have to use your imagination.

We didn't have anything else planned for the afternoon. So, I took a super long nap. I woke up just in time for dinner. Mason didn't sleep for very long, so he was very grouchy. That means he didn't get to stay up to do or see fireworks. But I did!

Even though fireworks are illegal in most Bay Area counties and cities, dada managed to acquire some. We did snakes, which I think look like poo-poo. And then we did sparklers.



Dada got a 30 sparklers, but we only did 5 of them. Hmm...I wonder what we're going to do with the other 25. I hope Uncle Jeff doesn't arrest us for doing fireworks!