Okay, so now that I've blurted out my answer, I can actually read the chapter now.
(Plus I did a breakdown of Jill's last chapter a few minutes ago so this way I keep her busy over there.)
This is no longer a vacation. It's a quest. It's a quest for fun. You're going to have fun, and I'm going to have fun."
Good thing you didn't quote any more of that.
and found the room to be quite nice and clean.
Looks nice.
And clean.
But what I noticed is that you can't see outside because it's too bright out, right?
But you can tell exactly what's out there by looking at the reflection in the TV.
See?
Now, throughout this day, all I had heard from Willow was how much she wanted to swim - all she wanted to do was swim - why wasn't the room ready because she wanted to swim. You get the idea.....
No.
Did she want to swim?
Willow: I wanted to swim because swimming is fun!
Well now
that clears it up!
Why didn't your mom just say so?
So as soon as we got the car unloaded, Willow put on her swimsuit and we headed to the pool. But there were a few leaves in the pool - it's an outdoor pool, so go figure. Well, Willow no longer wanted to swim. 
Well of course.
She wanted to swim, but the pool said "Just leaf."
Willow: Cuz there were bees! I saw two bees! And I didnt want them to be real. Thats why I decided not to go.
Sensible.
Who wants to swim with bees?
They always splash you when you least expect it.
We have a pool, so I know what I'm talking about.
There was NO mention of bees at the time, nor did she get close enough to the pool to make out a bee
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Nope. I'm on Willow's side.
She's young. She's got better eyesight than you do I bet.
If she says there were bees.
There were bees.
We hung out for a while - reading, watching a movie, whatever boring stuff people do in hotel rooms when it's 100+ degrees outside and the swimmer in the family won't step foot in the swimming pool.
Not surprisingly, it wasn't too long before Willow started saying she wanted to go swimming. Um, WHAT????
Of course she did!
Willow: Because there were other families in the pool! That made me feel better about it.
Sure! They scared off the bees, right?
Well, this particular hotel was offering "free" wine and cheese and such at 5:00 or 5:30. At this point, there was no way I was missing that.
Wine is a great way to deal with whine.
So I told her that she could go swimming after we got some snacks (and wine, people, WINE)
Wait, what?
What was there?
It was quite nice - they had wine (in case you hadn't noted that yet), cheese, crackers, bread, soda, etc.
So.... You're saying... and correct me if I don't have this quite right.
They had wine? Maybe?
We chatted, and Willow worked on her trip journal.
Succinct and to the point.
Wait. That's redundant.
And then it was pool time! I think it was about 6:45 by the time we got down there, and there were quite a few other kids splashing around, so Willow was able to make some quick friends.
Amazing how kids can do that, isn't it?
If an adult tries that it's "What's he/she want? What's their angle?"
Willow: There was one swimmer whom I met who had a dad and a mom who did sign language. And she taught me how to dive in the pool, which I enjoyed. And I saw some other friends - they had to leave, but they let me play with their sea horse squirt gun.
That's really nice!
Did you learn any sign language?
They wanted to thank me for caring what my child was doing
Because, unfortunately, it's so darn rare to see a parent who actually parents these days.
[Seriously - she had vegetables too. Really!]
Ve-ge-ta-bles?
What is this thing you talk about on vacation?
Looking forward to it!
Thanks for the chapter!
I loved it.
i'm glad you finally decided to swim and had fun with some new friends. isn't sign language amazing? I've met people who know it before and it is so interesting to me. 
....might not make it! 
was the material already smocked or did you do that when you made it. you do make some really cute stuff too. thanks for the great tr 
