Beach Day: San Onofre

We met up with some family down at San Onofre this past Friday. They were camping for the weekend, so we drove down to play for the afternoon.  It was pretty darn cold and overcast which was a bummer, but it kept my fair baby from getting too much sun. Funny note: Until pretty recently I thought it was Santa Nofre, not San Onofre.

As a rookie beach camper, I only packed one change of clothes. Since it was pretty much freezing at 4pm, I changed the girls into their clothes and then instructed them to keep them clean. Feel free to laugh out loud. We were all so disgusting by the time we got in the van to go home.  Even Boston was saying, "Eeeew, disgusting!" (That's her new, cute word that she's been saying.)

 

Sponge curlers all night = Beach waves by the end of the day.

Waiting for a wave...

 

And...running for our life.

 

Boston played with toy boats in this little pool for the longest time.

Just staying clean!

The girls had a blast though, cold and all. It was the most quiet time I've had in a long time! All the sand (in every crevice) was totally worth it.

Princess Tea Party 2012

My sister-in-law Debi invited us to join them again at the Norco High Princess Tea Party fundraiser.  It is a fundraiser for their choir programs, so I'm happy to support. If you remember last year, Brighton had a h-a--r-d time. Way too much attention for her.  I'm so happy that she has noticeable matured. She was all about it this time. She wanted curly hair that was "long, and with a bun" like Belle, and was so happy to get to where her "big ol' Belle dress". During the drive out there, she kept saying, "Mom, I look soooo gorgeous in my dress."  This year, she had no problems entering the building and even though she was a little shy at times, we didn't have any laying on floors or screaming NO! at people.

Boston however.... well, this picture shows how she wanted to wear her dress. She was so mad every time I pulled it up.

The center pieces at the party were the cutest.  Each table had a different princess scene on it.  Ours was Snow White. I took a pic of Beauty and Beast for Brighton.

Boston enjoyed the punch and food, and loved the singing.

Brighton loved everything. You could tell she felt so special in her dress, and loved making and drinking her real tea.

I can't begin to tell you how shocked I was when Brighton agreed to sit by Cinderella to take a picture. She just keeps surprising me lately! This is her princess pose.

We hit up the face painting...which we kept on for a solid 24 hours.

About 1/2 way through, I decided to change Boston into the backup dress I brought. Once she was free naked, she went crazy when I tried to put another dress on her.  So we stayed in our diaper for a few minutes to avoid a "scene"...

Because I'm sure this wasn't a "scene" at all!

 

She eventually let me put her dress on without a complete tantrum.  We had a great time overall, and will definitely do it again!

Just one more picture of gorgeous gal.

Princess Tea Party

My SIL Debi invited Brighton and me to a Princess Tea Party, put on my the choir at Norco High. They do it as a fundraiser every year, and it was s-u-p-e-r cute.

Brighton is in love with Cinderella at the moment, so I made her a puffy princess dress for the occasion. She was very excited all week, and even wanted her nails painted to match her dress.



Upon arrival, we waited in line to be seated and a prince came down the line giving all of the little princesses a fun stamp.



Each girl was escorted to their table by a character. We were seated by the Mad Hatter. He and Alice were are "waiters" for the event, and they were adorable (sorry no picture of course).

Before we even set foot in the building, Brighton got scared and plopped herself down in the door way. After coercing her to move inside, she then laid down in the middle of the floor.  Look familiar?

Once she realized we were going to sit at a table and eat, she was okay. All of the different characters walked around serving appetizers, giving out wands or picture frames to decorate, and talking to each little princess who came.

We were then served tea in real glass tea cups (definitely a highlight for Brighton, who loves her pretend teapot at home). Princess Cinderella quickly dismissed her herbal peppermint tea and asked it to be replaced with pink punch. But she had fun bobbing the teabag in her cup.

Then we enjoyed some performance from the cast of Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Enchanted, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Peter Pan and Rapunzel.  Jasmine by far had the best solo voice. But they were all really cute and did a good job.  Aurora even taught us how to waltz.

Sandwiches were served on silver platters along with bunches of grapes. That was followed by platters of various super yummy desserts.

It was so fun to see all of the cute characters. I was really quite impressed with their costumes, and was bummed Brighton refused to take any pictures. I snuck this one in...

 

They had a real photographer there to take your picture with the character of your choice, face painting and princess paraphernalia to purchase.

We actually had to jet out before it was completely over, but I say it was worth every penny, especially to support a school musical program. All of the students earned every penny. Thanks for the invitation Debi! We had a great time :)