Mommy And Me Spa Day Hyannis MA
Nothing says “girl bonding” like a spa day. This time, I did the bonding with my flesh-and-blood girls.
My daughters are young — ages 4 and 7 — which might seem too young for such indulgence.
But in the middle of a family vacation to Cape Cod, Mommy liked the idea of visiting the Cape Codder Beach Resort and its Beach Plum Spa — with its specialty mother-daughter services.
The Beach Plum began catering to this crowd when it opened seven years ago. It now has two other locations with Kids Spa Menus at inns in Massachusetts. Statistics from the International Spa Association confirm the trend, showing 17 percent of U.S. spas offer packages for children under 13.
I don’t think of myself as one of these moms who treats her children as entitled equals. But this proved to be a great way to spend the day, even if it wasn’t cheap at $45 a pedicure.
I put on a plush spa robe and sipped an herbal tea. My girls didn’t fare quite as well; maybe they’re younger than the typical “daughter” clients — although I was assured they were not when making the reservations — but the best that could be done for a robe for 7-year-old Isabella was one of the strapless half-robes that women typically wear for facials. Little Ava just stayed in her T-shirt and skirt.
It seemed best to separate the two sisters if I were going to actually get any relaxing done, since when they were together, they were positively giddy. For our first treatments, I decided to take Ava with me for side-by-side, 50-minute massages, while Isabella had her toes done.
We went into the dimly lit massage room and nestled into preheated sheets on the massage tables. But at that moment when I should have let out a long sigh of relief, panic set in.
Would my always-on-the-go, constantly chattering daughter sit still for 50 minutes?! I couldn’t believe I hadn’t thought of that before we got to this point.
“Ava,” I reminded her, “you have to sit still.”
She giggled. Oh great, I thought.
But I need not have worried. Turns out, she can relax and be calm under the right conditions.
In the pedicure room, Isabella was finishing up her chocolate-themed treatment. The best part was the fizzy chocolate ball (a Me!-branded moisturizing ice-cream ball that’s catching on in the beauty business) that made the room smell good and her feet feel better.
Her freshly painted toenails were jazzed up with a faux-jeweled toe ring that she couldn’t wait to show off to her sister. She also noted — several times — that she sipped hot chocolate during the treatment.
That’s pampering.
