We spent final weekend at The Homestead on a household journey celebrating the top of the college yr. The boys had SO a lot enjoyable! Right here’s the recap.
The Homestead: Our Household Getaway!
A part of our objectives for this yr are to journey extra with the boys. They LOVE to journey already and are at all times asking when our subsequent journey is arising. As I discussed in this put up, our technique is to make use of bank card factors to e-book these journeys so our out-of-pocket prices are solely meals.
So we booked a visit to The Homestead (which is owned by Omni) to have fun the top of faculty. It’s situated just below 2 hours from Charlottesville in Sizzling Springs, VA. Thomas and I really went collectively again in 2016 so this was our second go to and the primary with youngsters.
Take a look at the video from the journey right here!
Our Cozy Room
This was the primary time since we went to Nice Wolf Lodge when Birch was an toddler that all of us 4 shared a resort room! Birch is previous the napping / gained’t-sleep-if-he-can-see-you stage. And whereas our room was tremendous crowded with toys and beds, it was additionally very cozy and enjoyable.
Ninja Mazen
The primary night time Mazen and I shared one mattress – which was a double – and I felt like I used to be in a ninja combat the complete night time. I received elbowed within the head a number of occasions! We each slept horribly. The second night time we received a rollaway cot for him and that went MUCH higher. Birch slept in his Lotus mattress.
Afternoon Tea
After we checked in, we had tea and cookies within the Nice Corridor, complimentary on the home.
Whereas I sipped tea, Thomas received the boys lollys on the sweet retailer (Birch ate his over the course of the complete weekend one lick at a time!)
Allegany Springs Swimming pools
After which we hit the pool! The forecast wasn’t nice for Saturday, and so we didn’t know if this may be our solely pool day. (Spoiler alert: it wasn’t!)
The Allegany Springs pool advanced is nice with a sandbox, a child pool, a center pool (that’s supposedly heated however wasn’t heat), a pleasant sizzling tub, a HUGE lush lazy river, and three water slides (2 large, 1 toddler sized). The employees on the pool was tremendous good, and the meals and drinks menu was nice too. A lot of choices! They even introduced round free popsicles to everybody every afternoon.
The Center Pool
The Lazy River
I LOVE lazy rivers!!! One thing about being transferring retains my mind joyful, and I in all probability went across the loop 25 occasions in a row. (There have been really an excellent quantity of individuals – I simply took this pic within the morning!)
Dinner at Woody’s
After showers, we ate exterior on the extra informal restaurant referred to as Woody’s. We had two pizzas and a salad.
Deep Dish Cookie
For dessert – this deep dish cookie with ice cream on prime was AMAZING!!
Our dinner was subsequent to the croquet garden, which additionally had a fireplace pit and corn gap. Mazen made pals immediately and each boys did a lot of enjoying and working whereas we completed up dinner.
The Arcade
In fact we needed to go to the arcade which was spacious. Birch raced vehicles and Mazen performed ice hockey and bowling.
Film Theater
There’s additionally a full-size movie show with two showings every night time: early for youths and later for teenagers. Whereas I put Birch to mattress, Thomas and Mazen went to observe Jumanji.
Saturday Morning
On Saturday morning we received a lightweight breakfast on the market after which hit up the indoor pool. It was fairly chilly exterior.
Lunch at Jefferson’s
We had a lunch at Jefferson’s (on the informal aspect) with soup and a wedge salad. Birch ate a lot of scrumptious rolls with honey butter!
Mini Golf
After lunch, we took slightly relaxation after which headed out for mini golf. We had been dissatisfied that it was $15 an grownup and $10 a child, particularly after we had been already paying a $40/day resort cost. I don’t suppose it price something final time we had been there. However we already had the boys’ hopes up (as I’m positive all of the dad and mom do) so we performed and had fun.
Pool Time
We had anticipated it to rain all day so we had been so joyful when the solar got here out! Again to the pool! (Loving this new hat I simply received for the pool / seashore.)
Formal Evening
Each mother’s gotta make her youngsters placed on collared shirts for formal night time, amiright?!
Dinner at Jefferson’s
We went again to Jefferson’s for dinner, this time on the gorgeous out of doors patio.
Mazen devoured this lobster mac and cheese!
I liked my herby hen with kale, goat cheese, and chimichurri potatoes.
And we ended the meal with chocolate hazelnut mousse!
Guess who I bumped into!
Mazen was excused to go play corn gap and was noticed by none aside from Fannetastic Anne!! Anne and I textual content nearly day by day and didn’t know one another was at The Homestead! I used to be already in my pajamas placing Birch down when Anne texted me to say she was with Thomas and Mazen. So Thomas and I switched locations and Anne and I received to catch up for a bit.
Sunday Morning
We had a late check-out on Sunday, however we caught round to play within the pool longer because it was considerably hotter!
The boys went to the driving vary whereas Birch and I packed up the room and went for slightly promenade across the property. (We additionally fell in mud – yay.)
The spotlight of the pool morning was first a frog within the lazy river after which a SNAKE!!!!!!! Fortunately I used to be out of the water on the time, however we heard some ladies screaming and thought somebody was harm. Seems this man went for a swim. The lifeguards used a web to get him out, but it surely took an excellent quarter-hour!
Pool Meals
We had pool meals for lunch. Mazen liked these nachos, and I had a tempeh and watermelon wrap (within the again).
We swam and floated with Anne and her fam for a bit earlier than heading residence to Cville.
These boys are already asking after we can return to The Homestead! I might positively advocate the summer time months as a result of the pool was the spotlight of our keep. There’s tons to see and do on the property (in and out), and there’s much more mountaineering across the city. And in case you’re going to The Homestead with out youngsters – positively take a look at the grownup pool + spa!!
