The Weekend of 100 Eggs

What a fabulous Easter weekend we had. Our family, including my parents, headed down to the Homestead Resort in Hot Springs VA. It is a beautiful old resort. Makes you want to go to afternoon tea... and indeed we did! Sean's parents' owners club has a site there, so we used their time and spent the weekend. It was relaxing, but fun filled too.

The girls went to two Easter Egg Hunts there (they had already done two at home this year, so they are pretty much pros). They had tons of eggs. The first was at the Owners Club on Saturday... each girl got about 25 or more eggs... all packed with candy. Then Maura *found* the silver egg so she got a HUGE basket full of gifts, stuffed animal, movie, ball, bubbles, and of course... more candy. Then each child got a big goodie bag... can we say sugar overload? Unfortunately, I think Mommy ate more than the girls! The rest of Saturday we had fun cooking at the house and just hanging out. My parents went on a nice hike. We went swimming in the mineral water pool (whatever that means), went for walks and to the playground. we played in the garden. It was a great day. Then to top it off, my parents watched the girls and Sean and I got to go out for drinks, Golden Tee and a game of pool.

Sunday the girls woke up to a scavenger hunt around the house with a prize waiting for them at each new site with a new clue (thanks mom and dad) ending with their baskets. They had a blast and got lots of goodies. We went to the little chapel right there. It is very tiny, about 10 pews on each side, just our family could fit in a pew. We sat in the first row and were about four feet from the altar. it was quaint though. After that the hotel had an excellent balloon maker and, of course, another hunt on the lawn. There were literally thousands of eggs. So many that the girls were standing amongst many of them and said (quote from Mo) "I think I have enough." Really? We adults were shocked. But thanks goodness because these eggs were filled with little junks. So another 50 (at least) eggs came home with us.
That afternoon, while mags and B took naps, Mo and I went to the theater in the hotel to see "here Comes Peter Cottontail" (pretty disturbing if you ask me). We then played games in the game room (Mo's version of chess/house) and did puzzles. And, of course, followed it all up with afternoon tea with my parents. It really was lovely, and Maura acted so "adult" a little too adult if you ask me. That night, after another swim in the pool, we had a great Easter dinner. We then put the girls to bed and sat around and chatted with my parents by the fire. It was just a perfect weekend.

The next morning we hopped back in the car for another looooong ride (about 9.5 down, with stops, and 8 back). I have to say that the girls were great in the car. I hope to do it again next year, but maybe stay a little longer.