It's fun to be a Mom

For Mother's Day, Derek got me pedicure and lunch gift certificates with my BFF Erica. We finally got around to planning a weekday where I could get a babysitter and her mother-in-law could watch Camryn. What was going to be just pedis and lunch turned out to be a fun-filled 2 days of mommy time. We started on Monday by meeting up at Swami's Beach (my new fave since tourists crowd my usual spots) with the kiddies. Jack of course loved getting the two of us covered in sand, and I think Camryn and Erica were starting to get used to it too (neither of them are big beach-goers.....yet....). I took them to my favorite yogurt shop in Encinitas and then to a cute outdoor furniture store called Gardenology.

That night Erica and I were finally able to take a ballet class together! We both have been dancing since we were 3 and all through high school and some of college. However, we've never taken a class together! And every year when So You Think You Can Dance is on, I get a huge ITCH to start back up again. Well this year I finally found the perfect studio in Solano Beach. I go on Monday nights (it's only been 3 weeks so far) and would go more if money grew on trees. Anyways, it was so fun to have Erica come with me, and I think we agreed to do it together once a month. I am loving dancing again, and definitely wish I could perform too, but this is incredibly enjoyable for now.

Tuesday once I put Jack down, I was able to sneak away and meet Erica in Del Mar to get our pedicures. I've been in dire need of one ever since my marathon. We then drove to Rancho Santa Fe to have lunch at a quaint and very girly place called Thyme in the Ranch. It was so fun to just hang out kid-free in the middle of the day. Girlfriends are the best- and so are husbands for recognizing that! Thanks babe!