Princesses, pigs, and a big cat

Not sure what is going on here, but it is cute...



Here she is getting ready to go out...

Crossfit So Cal Regionals 2013

So this mama has been doing crossfit and when my trainers were invited to compete at the Southern California Regionals, I figure that we would check it out. Sunday, we headed down to Del Mar for the regional competition. It was an intense experience. My trainer, Jeremy Kinnick, competed as an individual and was 9th! He is pretty amazing. That was an accomplishment and though he was not invited to compete in the Crossfit Games (The top 3 move on to the Games and he has competed in the Games 5 times), he was a great inspiration and was very classy.

Baby Bear enjoyed the games and cheered on Team Kinnick (the placed 5th!). It was so amazing to see such fit people in one place.

Last day of preschool 2013

The end of another year of preschool. I can't believe it. I can't believe that in another year we will need to send her to kindergarten. For now, we know she has one more year of preschool left, but we do need to think about where she will go after she turns 5, yikes!!

They had a pajama party on the last day of school. With her friends...



Baby Bear had 6 teachers in her class and they were all really great. We are so fortunate to have such wonderful teachers to teach and care for her all year. To show our appreciation for them, I got them some Yogurtland gift cards and wrapped them pretty. With our warm So Cal summers I am sure they can find use to cool down.



Baby Bear just loves her school and has been quite sad that she is on summer break. I did sign her up for a few weeks of summer school so she will get some time with her friends. Plus her birthday party is coming up in a couple of weeks, so she will get to hang out with her little friends in no time...

Mother's Day 2013

I had a perfect Mother's Day weekend. Saturday started off with a morning run and some time with my girl. Then Daddy took her to a swim party that afternoon and I had the entire afternoon to myself. I got in a little shopping and then watched a movie at home and took a nice nap. It was a perfect and what I really wanted for Mother's Day... to do nothing.

On Sunday, we got ready for a Mother's Day brunch. My sweet girl.



My girl wanted me to open my present that morning. She hand painted a scarf for me at school. (She had told me the week before that she made me a scarf, she still needs to learn to keep surprises)





I tied it into a bow to wear to brunch, of course she wanted to try it on too.



I am so truly blessed to be mommy to such a caring and kind little girl. She brightens up my life and make feel so lucky. I love being her mommy. As challenging and exhausting as motherhood can be sometimes, it is all worth it to be mommy to my wonderful little girl. I love you my sweet girl!

Cory's Art Show 2013

We go to go to our cousin, Cory Schnitzer's art show last month. It was nice to see some of his new pieces and visit with our cousins.





Such a little ham.



A few of Cory's pieces...

Eyre Faire 2013

Each year, Baby Bear's preschool has the annual fundraiser, the Eyre Faire. Baby Bear gets so excited about it. This is our second year attending this fun event. There are plenty of games for little kids and activities. It is a ton of fun for Baby Bear to see her school on the weekend.

She participated in the cake walk. She was not quite sure what she was doing but she ended up winning a cake on her first try. What fun!



She ran around playing all the of games and even opted to get her face painted, something she has never had any interest in.





I'm sure her friend having her face painted didn't influence her at all.



I bid for a Mommy and me tea party in one of the silent auctions and won. That will be a little fun summer activity for the two of us. I can't wait!