Hotels and beep beeps

Wink's parents have been visiting for the last week. At their request, the 6 of us drove to Seattle yesterday to see the city and visit with Wink's aunt and uncle. It was a long trip for 6 people and a 3 year old who refused to sleep, but we made it without incident. When we checked into the room Cal was in heaven. He created a "pillow pit" between the two beds and threw down all the pillows (12?) and he and Lissi jumped, flopped, and stood on the pillows. They had so much fun. Cal was so excited about going swimming as well, but because he didn't nap I had to use it as a bribe for good behavior during dinner. Wink's aunt, uncle, and cousin met us at the hotel, only to discover that they did not have a hotel restaurant (menu but no restaurant). We walked a block to an Italian place and ate there at almost 8pm. Consdering the time and the non-kid-friendsly atmosphere, the kids did fantastic. When Lissi melted down at about 8:15, I took both kids back to our hotel room and Wink followed me a few minutes later.

Wink put Lissi to bed and I took Cal to his promised swim. He quickly (and wisely) decided the pool was to cold and he wanted to be in the hot tub. He stuck his cute feet inside and played with all the bubbles. He prenteded that they were soap bubbles and he "cleaned" me, himself, the railings, etc. Then he pretended that it was "mousse" and made his hair and my hair look beautiful. After all this fun, and a bath, he went to sleep extremely late.

Cal woke up at 7am to use the bathroom. Right after I asked him if he wanted to go back to sleep (everyone else was asleep) the hotel fire alarm went off. It was so loud and rather scary. I grabbed our shoes and the diaper bag (purse was inside) and Wink did the same, and we rushed to the stairwell. We were one of the 1st people outside and we waited in our jammies to find otu what was going on. Ten minutes later, fully clothed people emerged, some even with suitcases. A fire truck and ambulance showed up. Wink's dad eventually came out of the building, and his mom was seen sticking her head out of the 3rd floor window waving to us. What?! A few minutes later the alarm was turned off (false alarm) and we began to tricle back into the hotel. It was a very abrupt beginning of the day, but I am so thankful that Cal woke me up and not the alarm! Also, I am greatful that Cal seemed to have a good hotel experience and doesn't seem to associate the hotel with the fire alarm (as he did with my school for a number of months).