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.

Mother's Day Party
Mio hanging out at the party.

 

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!

 

Mio doing Zumba.
Mio doing Zumba.

 

Little Zumba dancer.
Little Zumba dancer.

 

Some video that I took of Mio:


 

from Mosaic District's instagram
This photo is from Mosaic District’s Instagram and precisely the kind of thing I was worried about — that there’d be a photo of me awkwardly dancing out on the world wide web. BUT it cracked me up to spot Mio right next to me, passionately doing her little dance moves (just in the opposite direction of everyone else). hahahaha*

 

Mother's Day Party photobooth
After a half hour of Zumba, we were free to go hang out by the photobooth and enjoy the refreshments. Here are the photos of Mio and I from the photobooth.

 

Mother's Day Party
They had this chalkboard up for the kids to write/draw about their mommies.

 

Mother's Day Party
Some of the refreshments for moms and their kiddos.

 

Mother's Day Party
Free lunch of sandwiches and wraps for everyone!

 

The sandwiches were delicious and worth the embarrassment I had just suffered.
The sandwiches were delicious and worth the embarrassment I had just suffered.

 

Mio loved the food, too!
Mio loved the food, too!

 

Dan came to join us after finishing his errands and got to enjoy some of the free food, too!

The weather was so beautiful, and it was so nice to enjoy lunch outdoors.
The weather was so beautiful, and it was so nice to enjoy lunch outdoors.

 

Thank you Mio for making me such a lucky Mama!
Thank you Mio for making me such a lucky Mama!

 

Mother's Day Party
Can’t forget Mirei! I’m twice as lucky this year.

 

And of course, Daddy gets some love too.
And of course, Daddy gets some love 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!

Farmer's Market at Mosaic District
Nicecream factory’s liquid nitrogen ice cream: they make and freeze the ice cream right there in front of your eyes!

 

Farmer's Market at Mosaic District
The flavors all sounded amazing. We really enjoyed the chocolate sea salt ice cream!

 

Dan picked up a chocolate cherry tomato plant to add to his edible garden.
Dan picked up a chocolate cherry tomato plant to add to his edible garden.

 

Runaway sisters! Mio kept pushing Mirei's stroller everywhere at the market.
Runaway sisters! Mio kept pushing Mirei’s stroller everywhere at the market.

 

Afterwards, we headed over to our friend’s baby shower over in Maryland. It was a very eventful and fun-filled day!