Mother's Day

I had to work on mother's day but I was able to enjoy the PreK mother's day celebration at Violet's school.

First we had to guess which of these pictures was made by our child.  Here is Violet's:

Did I mention my favorite color is burgundy?  It has never been turquoise but I don't think Violet knows what color burgundy or turquoise are.

She painted me an awesome finger painting.

I got a laminated card that explained why she loved me:

Only slightly better than last year's answer "Because you buy me whatever I want."

On Mother's Day Eric and Violet stopped by work with food, flowers, and gifts.  Next year I'll be home for it!

Great Wolf Lodge

We just got back from visiting Great Wolf Lodge, an indoor water park and lodge geared for kids.  While it's odd to have an *indoor* water park in Southern California, we thought we would give it a try.  Violet had a blast.

She got to sleep in a bunk bed in her "wolf den".

We got mommy and me pedicures at an ice cream themed spa in the hotel.

Violet did a digital scavenger hunt where the clues were triggered by internal components in her stuff animal from the lodge.

Photo from the end of the scavenger hunt:

We all played at the 24 hour arcade:

 

The games required "paw points" to play.  And the unclear exchange rate on dollars for paw points kept you from realizing how much you were spending.

Violet asleep in her wolf den:

Swim

Violet continues her swim meets.  She can swim all four major strokes now although I thought she wouldn't make it across with breast stroke.

Showing off her ribbons:

Easter celebrations:

Decorating a cookie:

Riding the Easter train at Irvine park:

Easter brunch with Auntie Jenny and her family:

Eric painted her Easter nails:

Soccer fun

Violet recently finished her winter soccer season.  The girls got to make their own pizzas at a pizza parlor afterward.

Recently Violet got to meet Anna from Frozen at a special event at a candy shop.

Mammoth

I went snowboarding over my birthday weekend at the end of January.  We got over 50 inches of snow and Violet was thrilled.  She saw her first snow storm ever and went skiing for the first (and second time).

The first night:

The snow storm hit hard the first night.

Waiting for ski lessons to start:

Who says you can't have ice cream in the snow?

Being crazy:

Mommy and Violet selfie: