Napa Round 2

Two years ago my mom called and asked me what we wanted for Christmas. At the time I had a 2 yr old and a 2 month old. What would every other mother out there want? Some sleep, relaxation and some time with my hubby!! So she gave us money for a hotel and promised to fly up and watch the kids for us so we could get some time away. We decided to go down to Napa for the weekend and had the BEST time, so this year we opted to do the exact same thing. We stayed at the same hotel as last year in Yountville and it was every bit as fun, relaxing and beautiful as it was the year before! Just like Heaven, I keep telling Jim! I don't know what it is about this place that I love so much, but I just can't get enough of it. I'm already ready to go back. We don't even go wine tasting when we are there. We just sleep in, eat an amazing breakfast at the hotel, read the paper, then move to the pool and lay out. This year I finished an entire 400+ page book. Do you know how long that would have taken me to get through at home? Months! Of course we top of each afternoon with some yummy local beverages (aka WINE) and some delicious cuisines. Seriously, the food there is soooooooo amazing.

My mom had a great time (and extremely busy) 3 days with the kids. She took them to the zoo and fairytale town in ONE morning (all by herself), swimming at the pool, frozen yogurt, the park, the play area at the fountains, a train ride, dinner at CPK, walks to the park etc... She even got Cole to nap 2 out of the 3 days and then to top it all off, we come home on Tuesday to a home made meal of enchiladas in the oven, banana cream pie from scratch for Jim, freshly made brownies for me, all of the kids clothes and towels washed and put away and the house was immaculate. She amazes me! Please come back again mom!! Thank you both for the Christmas gift, it was very much appreciated!!!

This was the view from our front door this year.




The view from the other side of the room.


Dinner Night #1 - Mustards Grill! So GOOD!!!!!


The nice thing about going out to eat without your kids (beside the obvious) is that when they tell you there is an hour wait for a table, well that just means you get to drink a little more :-) Here we are enjoying the scenery of Napa!





Day #2 - This is where we had breakfast every morning.


Another tough day at the pool.


Leaving for dinner night #2


Taking some time to stop and smell the roses :-)




The view from our dinner table at the Culinary Institute of America


Our yummy dessert platter!