We enjoyed a family vacation with Trinity's parents and Aunt Shirley to Williamsburg, VA. Since we had to travel right through White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, I convinced Trinity to spend one night at The Greenbrier.
He took me there when G was about 6 months old and was in no hurry to return. He thinks it's too expensive and stuffy.
I adore it, so we compromised with one night in honor of my 38th birthday.
I literally skipped through the front doors and Genevieve was quick to say "ooh la la, this place is fancy."
She settled in by ordering room service and referring to herself as Eloise.
Not really.
I have to unplug the phone immediately whenever we stay in a hotel because she spends a lot of time jabbering away on the telephone.
We suited up and headed to the pool after a stop by the gorgeous wallpaper.
When T and I stayed there last time there was snow on the ground, so we didn't get to see the full beauty of the grounds. The pool had an infinity edge that looked out over the golf course and the scenery was just gorgeous.
The day was sunny and perfect and Genevieve was in heaven.
I was too with a peach colada. It was the best drink of my life.
Like crazy good.
When we checked in we each got a glass of champagne. T didn't want his so I had 2 glasses and then my peach colada. I had not eaten much for lunch so I was really happy by the pool.
G made friends quickly.
She dog paddled over to a little girl her age and announced, "I'm Genevieve from Indiana." The little girl responded, "I'm Paisley from West Virginia!"
What a hoot.
I could have stayed by that pool forever.
I had to start negotiations with my lady love early to leave.
She requires a lot of lead time in order to avoid a total meltdown.
Trinity captured some snaps of my negotiation skills, which are no match for my strong-willed child.
"Ice cream?
I can have ice cream after dinner?
I will exit this pool without causing a scene and even with a smile on my face."
She prefers shoulder transportation.
We quickly cleaned up and walked down to Draper's for dinner.
Again, the wallpaper could not be ignored.
Our dinner was delicious and G was impressed with the size of her ice cream.
They were showing Moana in the theatre, so we went to see that. She has seen that movie at least 10 times, but she wanted to watch it again. Our waitress was kind enough to scoop her ice cream into a cup to take to the show.
After the movie we heard beautiful music coming from the lobby.
Genevieve was smitten with the beautiful singer who was performing for guests.
She had an amazing voice and was giving a concert.
About 2 minutes after I took this picture she turned around and informed me that she was going to fall asleep right there if I didn't take her to bed.
She fell asleep on the elevator ride.
We slept in and toured the resort in the morning.
G wrote letters.
We enjoyed breakfast in the main dining room and I had the famous peaches.
Once I explained that all of the bathrooms were different, we had to stop in each one.
I was thrilled when we saw Frank.
Frank is the ambassador of the resort. He has worked at the hotel for 59 years. That's 1958 for all you number crunchers. He started as a janitor and met many presidents and famous people in his career.
His job now is to talk to guests.
He was adorable and so engaging.
He kissed G on the top of her head and was so sweet.
He told her he was on the clock and could not join her to swim at the indoor pool after she invited him to join us.
We spent the morning splashing in the indoor pool.
We left around lunchtime after exploring the hotel grounds.
G spied lots of things with her Curious George telescope.
It was a great first stop on our trip!
