Mother's Day Weekend in Macau

We spent a lovely three days in Macau this past weekend.  Hong Kong had yet another public holiday on Monday(!), so we decided to go to the Four Seasons and soak it up in (Chinese) sin city.  The weather cooperated beautifully, breaking out into a hot, bright, sunny day on Saturday after a week of gray, drizzly, cold rain.  Michael planned a bunch of meals for me and we just generally got to hang out in our little family unit enjoying all of the fun children-friendly activities that Macau has to offer.


Macau is such an easy trip for us that it's essentially a staycation.  We left our apartment on foot at 12:08pm on Saturday, and managed to arrive at the ferry terminal, clear immigration and pull away from Hong Kong ferry terminal by a minute after 12:30.  We were checked into our beautiful hotel room before 2:30pm.  It was pretty great.

We booked an executive suite which gave us a huge living room with a desk, sofa, dining table, hallway/foyer and separate bathroom, bedroom and king sized bed, a full walk in closet and wardrobe area, and a huge bathroom with free standing shower and soaking tub.

the bedding is already messed up because we couldn't resist letting Lola play around on it

The Four Seasons really knows how to be hospitable - they arranged the most amazing package of necessities for Lola, lots of goodies like crayons and coloring paper, and, probably Lola's favorite, a big tent that she could run through and hide out in. 

Just look at that smile!

 

No request was too difficult - they brought up a well padded Stokke tripp trapp high chair for Lola right after we asked for one, and also provided us with sterilizers and bottle warmers (though we don't need those anymore).

I can confidently say that Lola loves Macau (because she told us so!) and Michael and I had a great time.  The room was comfortable and it was so great to get a break from our apartment in Hong Kong.

The grounds were beautiful as well, and we thoroughly enjoyed our time at the pool.

Breakfast was included in our stay and we pigged out on their buffet. 

 We enjoyed letting Lola run barefoot in the grass.  She scampers around like a little sprite and is so adorable!

Lola got to see a glimpse of a casino - she was fascinated.  But also by the elaborate painting on the rotunda. 

 

She liked the Eiffel Tower, but not as much as eating fruit by the pool and playing in the multiple indoor playrooms that Macau has available (see below).

 

Michael and I enjoyed dinner at Zi Yat Heen on Saturday night.  I thought the food was just okay for the price - certainly not bad, but probably not worth what they charge.  Unfortunately, I neglected to get a picture of the braised pork ribs, which was probably their best dish.

 On Sunday, for Mother's Day, Michael brought me to Belon at the Banyan Tree for their seafood buffett.  It was a beautiful place and the spread was pretty ridiculous.  We managed to get a beautiful table on its own elevated platform.

 

On Saturday and Sunday, we went to the Qube playrooms at the Venetian and the Parisian hotels.  Before we did that, we also played around the Four Seasons' grounds.  Whenever Lola saw Michael on the swing, she was very adamant that he come off and kept saying "no sit no sit" which made us laugh.  But she refused to get on the swing herself.

It was a rare weekend when Michael didn't have to work as much as he usually does (or, more accurately likely, he still had work but could put them aside for a little longer than usual).  Things were also surprisingly quiet for me (I at one point refreshed my email twice because I couldn't believe it had been that long before I got any messages).  It was so nice to hang out altogether.  Lola definitely agrees - she has started to say "Mommy Daddy" in the cutest voice when she wants us to go or when we are all going somewhere together.

The girl loves her snacks.

 She was so brave with the slides this time - totally willing to climb up on her own and also come down on her own!  She must have done this slide at least 30 times.