Sir William Conquers Clearwater!

Hi Blog! On Saturday, March 21, 2015, Matt, Weina and William flew down from Toronto to join us for a week in our RV park enjoying the warm Florida sun. The following are some highlights from their visit. We wish we had more pictures to share with you, but we were having too much fun and forgot to take photos.

Sir William made sure we started each day bright and early. Actually it was dark and early, so we had to wait until the sun came up to actually go out. We introduced William to our time honored tradition of taking our coffee for a walk each morning. When we asked William how he took his coffee, he replied just milk, no coffee! The coffee walks usually ended with a little sandbox play. Here Kathy and Sir William show off one of their creations.

As the sun rose higher, it was time to don our hats and sunglasses.  Here Sir William is styling in his new Phillies Spring Training cap (thanks, Great Uncle Tom) and his aviators.

After splashing around in the pool all afternoon, it was time to feast. There is a little restaurant, Villa Bellini, right outside the Clearwater Travel Resort.  It has the best Italian food on the island. When William really likes something, you would be amazed at how much food he can tuck into his little tummy. He ate an entire bowl of pasta with two meatballs! Here the happy family is getting ready to enjoy their dinner (except for William, he started already without us). Don't come between a boy and his pasta!

There was plenty of time for fun and games around the rig. Here William is exploring his new bedroom for the week. Can you say SELFIE?

William especially liked the quilt that Grammie Crew made for YeYe and NaiNai. He carefully examined each panel and said what it was. He thought these birds had a cool name - OWL. Sounds like a booboo, but not spelled that way (get it?  "OW!"?).

Sir William has been attending Montessori School since September. He is getting pretty good at recognizing the letters of the alphabet. He recognizes some words like "birthday" and "green." It won't be long before he's reading. As we took our coffee walks in the morning, he would practice reading the letters in the "No Parking" and "For Sale" signs.

After several nice sunny days filled will playgrounds, pool and beach, we were due for some rain showers. We took this opportunity to do a little shopping. William loves his new Lightning McQueen Crocs! After shopping, we stopped for lunch at Tijuana Flats, a tex-mex place, to fuel up. William loved all the artwork on the walls. He asked YeYe to bring the camera and take some pictures. Below is an example of what impresses a three year boy.

While YeYe and NaiNai kept William busy, Mommy and Daddy had a chance to relax. Weina enjoyed reading her book at the pool and the beach, while Matt had a chance to do some golfing. On girls day out, Kathy and Weina, went to a day spa for a facial, massage and pedicure. What did the boys do you might ask - they took a nap! On date night, Mommy and Daddy went out to dinner and movie, while YeYe and NaiNai stayed home, ate pizza and watched Frozen with William! Best date night ever!

The weather turned a bit chilly later in the week, so we had to wear our hoodies to the sandbox. It never did get sunny enough go swimming, so William spent some time at the local library.

A trip to Clearwater would not be complete without a visit to the Famous Lenny's Restaurant. The waitress was very impressed when Sir William ate an entire belgian waffle.

Here are some seashells William collected to add to his sand castles.

Coloring helped pass the time while waiting for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

All we have left now are memories and some rocks we pulled out of the washing machine. We had a great time vacating with the Toronto Scrantons and can't wait to do it again.