The boys were great roommates but they were awake early. They decided they would fully wake up cuddled under a quilt on the sofa. They told me which quilt they wanted.
Then they decided to have breakfast on the front patio, of course still in their PJs.
There was no question what to do. At 9 o'clock we were already with the bikes on the big parking lot of the Crump Ballpark at Meadow Farm. It was so perfect. Hardly anybody there. The boys rode and rode and rode. Caleb was using the small bike William had brought from Nashville.
Of course they had to investigate the old caboose too.
Because of the two bikes we had taken both cars. The park was only a few minutes away. The boys decided they wanted to see the animals at Meadow Farm and they would ride over to it. James walked with them and I came with the car (just in case they would not want to ride back). We parked the bikes next to the car.
There were some 4th of July decorations.
It was getting hot now and the animals were not very active. But as always the sheep were cute.
They rode back to the ballpark parking lot and did more rounds until it was really too hot.
Back at our house they found things to play with. When Wade came with Colin and Owen we all had lunch. At the twins nap time the cousins went home. Sadly this good-bye was it for this William visit. But they want to do FaceTime.
William asked to do more bike riding. We were pleased that he wanted to do it more and more. Of course he got more confident and better at it every time. It did tire us out a lot though.
In the afternoon he asked whether I could make mango ice cream. It's one of his favorites.
The most incredible thing was that he asked whether he could watch some opera with us. Ever since the virus started James likes to watch almost every night the free Metropolitan Opera on TV. William could hear it when I tucked him in for the nights before we went to the beach house. So today we let him sit with us for a while and he really liked it. He would have liked it every night from then on but it was not always suitable.
Monday
William's last full day with us on this vacation. He came down into our bedroom quite early and promptly fell asleep again on my shoulder. I had to take this selfie to text it to Sarah because when she drives home after a nightshift she calls me which is usually 7:30am. I had to text her not to and I managed to do that with one hand, ha-ha.
So sweet looking, isn't he?
He wanted to go to the same place again. Of course. I decided you saw enough videos, right?
In the afternoon James thought that he was ready to just ride the bike in our neighborhood. James really got his FitBit steps today.
When they went out for the second time I cut one of my hydrangea flowers and he brought it to Mrs Julie.
Our friend Julie knows him and has seen him at every visit. She hurried to get her camera and sent this photo to me later. Thank you!
We had sorted out some of our electronics. Helen too. James had cleaned them up. There was a perfectly good iPad which was not needed and would be good for William. Helen had given us info to set it up. He can now text or FaceTime whenever he feels the need and has WiFi. Helen set up contacts of herself, Ben, Omi, Papa and now also Auntie Sarah (Caleb). He loves it, of course.
Tuesday
We were on the road shortly before 8 am. We had arranged to meet Ben at the same place where we had met Helen to get William, Virginia Welcome Center in Bristol. Again I had packed a picnic. We arrived exactly at the same time and had a nice lunch around a picnic table together.
Time to say good-bye. Since James and I always try to look on the bright side of things we feel that we were very blessed to have had these two weeks with William. We think he enjoyed it a lot too.
Many happy rides on your bike, William. Hope to see you soon again. And looking forward to some FaceTime coming from the new (to you) iPad.
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