Naples

So, last Sunday, the kids and I hopped a plane down to Naples!

I flew by myself with all 3 kids and it really wasn’t bad at all. Robert was able to go to the gate with us in Birmingham and then we had a direct flight to Tampa where GJ was waiting to load us up into the car to drive to Naples! The boys got an A+ on the trip and Samantha snoozed through her first plane ride! Success!

Once we got to warm, sunshiny Naples, it didn’t take us long to get on our short sleeves and head outside!

We spent a full week down there and managed to fill our days with a good mix of plenty of fun and a whole lot of doing nothing! Perfect! We definitely hit up the beach…

but the boys honestly loved the pool more.

Both boys did a great job swimming. Spencer would stand on the steps and swim to me and then swim over to the ladder, climb out, and do it all again – about 50 times in a row! Maxwell is a bona fide swimmer now and I barely had to help him at all. Our second day out he even took some dive sticks and would dive down to the bottom of the pool to get them. I was SO proud of both of them!

Other exciting outings included a trip to throw money in the fountains…

Skillets for pancakes…

and a visit to the movies! We saw Paddington Bear and, I have to say, it was a really, really cute movie.

Mostly, we just enjoyed doing plenty of this…

and hanging with these people!

As Maxwell said to me one day at the pool, “The water is warm, the music is singing, and everything is just delightful!” I couldn’t have agreed more! Now, when are we going back?!