A fun visit!

Two weeks ago today my mom and Alfredo flew into town for a week. We had such a nice visit! William was excited all week leading up to their visit and couldn't wait for them to take him to see planes. He asked every day if it was planes day! But after it was all said and done I don't think that was even the highlight of the trip for him.

Thursday he stayed home with Yaya while papa and dada played golf. He showed him the park and I'm sure got spoiled all day. Once I got home we all went to a Japanese hibachi grill for dinner. William has been a few times and always likes it but this time the fire caught him by surprise and he was in my lap so fast I didn't even know what had happened! He apparently doesn't like to be startled! 

Friday after the adults spent a day whale watching and wine tasting we picked William up from school. We debated putting off our movie night until Sunday but William wouldn't have it. He had it in his head it was Friday and there was no changing that! So we had popcorn for dinner and saw planes. It was a cute movie. Not as good as Cars (if you're not immersed In kids movies, planes is somewhat of a cars remake or spinoff) Not as good as the other movies we saw this summer either but still pretty cute. And William was happy, so that's what matters right?

Saturday we all drove up to San Mateo to visit Joy. William didn't want much to do with eating lunch, but he loves running around her courtyard. He'd do that all day if we'd let him! We had a nice visit with her and I know she loved having us. After we left, Austin and I stayed in town for the night while Yaya and papa took William back home. I hear they had a blast and William told me that we could stay out of town anytime we wanted. How sweet of him :)

Sunday we took them down to Carmel by the sea to see the beach. Generally Carmel beach is about 5-10 degrees warmer and exponentially sunnier than seaside, plus the town is so cute. But this was a rare day when we would have done better staying in seaside. It wasn't bad though, and William had fun running back and forth from the waters edge with Yaya. 

We had a nice dinner at home Sunday night and got regrouped for the week. Yaya and papa spent Monday on Austin's bike riding the coastline while the rest of us did our normal Monday routine. I think they got the better deal :) Monday we all went to Austin's last intramural softball game - they've been playing for a couple of months and William and I have enjoyed going to one or two games a week. William made lots of friends on the team (duh) and loved to cheer for them and call them by their nicknames (party boy, bang bang, dragon 6...) Bang bang was his favorite and he loved yelling 'aww good try ban bang!' They made it a couple of rounds into the playoffs but it ended last Monday - and though it was fun, I'm not too disappointed. It had gotten demanding on our time!

Tuesday morning yaya and papa left. William did good saying goodbye - he's gotten really good at people coming and going. While he's always excited to see them, he's never too distraught when it's over. Which is good!

And - since it's Wednesday I should report - William has had mercy on me and our laundry flow this week. He hasn't had any accidents since last Tuesday when I broke down! He also asked if he could sleep in big boy britches on Monday night so we gave it a try...2 nights in a row and he's woken up dry :) it's been happy potty times in the Wallis house. Hallelujah!