The weather was beautiful last weekend, and on Sunday we took the girls to Nottoway Park to fly our kite and have them play on the playground and in the field. It was nice to get out and enjoy the fresh air!
Now that the warm weather is here to stay, I’m looking forward to taking the girls out more often! 🙂
Today, we attended Miwa’s graduation ceremony at George Mason University’s Patriot Center! She had her department graduation ceremony on Wednesday evening, and this ceremony on Saturday morning was for all the graduates of spring 2014.
Congratulations to all the graduates of 2014!
Some snapshots and video of the girls from this past week…
Dan playing patty-cake with Mirei the other night…
Sunday was my first Mother’s Day as mommy to two girls! With Mirei coming into our lives this year, I felt twice as lucky to get to be a mama to our precious daughters. It actually turned out to be a really relaxing, lovely day… the girls were both happy and sweet all day, there was no crying from either of them, and it was so peaceful and just perfect — a rarity when you’re a parent of two! If only every day could be like this!
In the afternoon, Dan really wanted to take Mio back to the pool because she’s been talking about it for a while, and my sister volunteered to watch Mirei while we took Mio. Mio really enjoyed feeling like an only child again and getting all the attention from both Mommy and Daddy! She was so over-the-moon-happy that at one point she started enthusiastically hugging and kissing both of us, saying “I love you Mommy! I love you Daddy!” (which she rarely says unless we say it first). It was such a sweet moment and really made my Mother’s Day! I know adjusting to sharing our attention with Mirei has not been easy for Mio, so I’m glad that we could finally give her some much-needed one-on-one time with us.
Mio’s good mood continued on through dinnertime, when we picked up Mirei and went out to get some Burmese food. Mirei slept through the whole dinner, and these words were on repeat from Mio’s mouth. (It’s funny because she almost looks intoxicated and woozy from all the happiness she felt that day!)
It really was just the perfect day… This may have been my favorite Mother’s Day yet! 🙂
The Mosaic District in Merrifield was hosting a Mother’s Day party for mamas and their kids on Sunday, May 4, a week before actual Mother’s Day. You could sign up/apply to be invited, and they chose their invitees by lottery. Luckily, we scored an invitation so I decided to go with Mio while Dan took Mirei with him to go shopping and run errands.
We weren’t told a lot about the party except the location and that there’d be refreshments, Zumba, and a photobooth. I was most excited about the refreshments, least excited about the Zumba. haha* I guess I have this perception that Zumba is for older ladies in their 40s and 50s (feel free to correct me if I’m wrong, and no offense to those who do it) plus the prospect of dancing in public on the lawn was pretty embarrassing to me! But I stepped out of my comfort zone so that Mio and I could enjoy the party together. And sure enough, Mio had a grand time dancing — a lot of the time, she was just doing her own dance moves, but there were definitely times when she was actually following the instructor’s moves!
Some video that I took of Mio:
Dan came to join us after finishing his errands and got to enjoy some of the free food, too!
Sunday also just happened to be the grand opening of Mosaic District’s Farmer’s Market, so we decided to check it out after the party. There were a lot of vendors with gourmet offerings!
Afterwards, we headed over to our friend’s baby shower over in Maryland. It was a very eventful and fun-filled day!