Rainy Morning

Although the forecast was for a sunny weekend, we woke up this morning to rain -- not exactly what everyone had in mind for a beach day! But it had the nice side effect of making the morning more leisurely. When everyone was up and about, we headed to the hotel cafe (the Muffin Pan) intending to get some breakfast...but they were out of food. Apparently everyone else had the same idea we did! (The same thing happened at the lunch place at the hotel pool yesterday; they were out of many of the menu items when we arrived. Even though this hotel serves food, they seem unusually surprised by people actually ordering/eating it!)

But that too was a blessing in disguise, because we went across the street to Shoney's and had the breakfast buffet. We hadn't been to a Shoney's in a long time, but it turns out to be perfect for dining with families and little ones. They had a nice long table in a corner room and plenty of high chairs, and the waitress didn't bat an eye at the minefield of Cheerios that our two guys left strewn across the floor. (I don't know if they lose that many at home and we just don't notice because Stanley snaps them up, or if there were more Cheerio casualties because they were eating them off the table instead of their high chair trays. Either way, it looked like an entire breakfast down there.) Ah, how our standards have changed now that we're eating with toddlers! (And hey, they served biscuits and gravy, so I'm not complaining about the food, either!)

The rain had mostly let up by the time we got back to the hotel, though it was still dreary and overcast. We went to the playground, and the boys were spoiled by having the girls as their own personal swing-pushers. (It's funny how the ages matched up -- Mattie loved playing with Izzy, the older of the sisters, and little sister Ava loved talking to Jamesie.) Meanwhile, Cousin Daniel found the slide and a nice puddle to splash in!