Never too late

Sunday night's outfit was inspired by this J Crew Factory Look Photo:

I had the same shirt from factory but used my own black and cream boucle jacket and mixed coral and pearl necklaces to create the same effect…

Jacket - Forever 21

Tee - J Crew Factory

Jeans - Zara

Purse - Michael Kors

Sandals - Nine West

Sunglasses - Celine

Necklaces - Bauble Bar & Etsy

Cuff bracelet - Stella & Dot

SUNDAY:
Went to a beach birthday party for majority of the day then went out with my pre school mommy group…
The kids were each at a separate sleep over….

MONDAY:
Woke up early to go to our Monday Playdate where the kids were brought from their sleepovers to there. Actually my son had stayed at the host's house.
They were all sooo tired from late night and early morning so we stayed only a couple hours and left right after lunch before the kids got in any more drama or fights.
After the playdate we came home to rest then met my bootcamp instructor for our first private surf lesson!
The kids flourished under one on one tutoring and caught 2-3 waves each. Me not so much. I just can't beat that inner fear and pop up on the board. I admire their fearlessness….

TUESDAY:
Never dull moment in our household as you know if you follow my blog…
We met up with a various group of friends to go to the water park (Aquatica) on Tuesday.
We had bought the summer passes so want to get some use out of them by at least going 3 times this summer.
It was a great day going from ride to ride with the children…

Tuesday night I went out so that will be a new post tomorrow…

Fanuel Park

 I decided to wait until we were at our playdate to take photos but not sure what was going on with my hair....

The inspiration for this combo was from J Crew Catalog:

Silk Blouse - Victoria's Secret

Shorts & Chevron Belt - J Crew

Green Scarf- H&M

Necklace - LOFT

TODAY:
We have officially started our summer today! I was totally prepared and as planned started the kids on 'summer work' in the morning. My whole family (with the exception of myself) get up super early. So by the time I get up they have already had breakfast, watched TV for an hour and are in the process of getting dressed (OK, i put out their clothes the night before, you know kind of a control freak about what they wear). So after I get my breakfast they are kind of bored and it was perfect time to do some school work. I let my daughter pick a 'girly show' to watch on TV while I worked with my son first. Then he picked a show and I worked with my daughter. Her work is much shorter and much more basic anyway.
Then I made a big cooler of lunches and snacks for the day for everyone and prepared our beach bags and we were off to our first summer group playdate.
This is our second year of organizing a summer playdate group. I have so many great helpers that help me with researching info on locations we are meeting and postings on the calendar so it is not that hard and so much fun for us and the kids.

Today though my son was picked up by my brother to go to a Padres game and he had so much fun with them as well.

We ended the day with swim classes and dinner at home and I fit in some literally insane max cardio endurance Insanity DVD after they went to bed...

Oh, here are some summer tips our group came up with today:

1. Instead of using ice packs in your lunch coolers, freeze plastic water bottles halfway filled with drinking water. They will serve as ice packs and end of day will provide extra ice cold water

2. Write your kids name or last name with a sharpie on all your sand toys and inside kids hats. The toys get all mixed up and labels will make clean up easier.

3. Buy large baby powder bottles and keep one in your car and one in your beach bag. It works like magic getting sand off kids as you are ready to head home.

Make a Wish Picassos

My camera battery died after taking 2 poses and I had to leave so this is all you get for this outfit. 

This was last night's outfit which was inspired by the Late Afternoon blog:

Sweatshirt, Leather Pants - Forever 21

Blouse - Zara

Purse - Coach

Shoes - Shoedazzle

DAY OUTFIT:

 This was what I wore during the day which was inspired by this Chictopia Post:

I love the mix of leather pants and converses! 

 I miss my extensions!!!!

Blazer - Newport News

Sweater and Pants - Forever 21

Sneakers - Converses

Purse - Q

Accessories - mostly from Bauble Bar

FRIDAY DAY:

We went to the Children's Museum which is downtown with our pre-school class. Took the trolley there which was part of the fun for the kids...

TRASH ART!

FRIDAY NIGHT:

Met up with the Mommy group for dinner and painting class! 

It was so much fun!

My Masterpiece (not!)