Pre-Surgery Trip for a Princess Make-over!

In preparation for Sakura's surgery and not fully knowing what to expect, we decided to do what she loves MOST ... a trip to Disneyland and an appointment at the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique of course!  Sakura sure loves this place - she doesn't care about anything else at Disneyland, she would be happy just riding around looking at the sites in her stroller, except for the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique, and that is one thing that she asks for.  We are happy to oblige in her Princess obsession :)

Here is a recap of Day 1:

Waiting to board the Monorail

First stop is for lunch - we got up early and it was lunchtime when we arrived.

1st Ride, King Authur's Carousel of course --- and popcorn with Daddy YES they JUST ate lunch, Daddy is happy to have a little snacker to join him in his never ending snacking!  UGH!

Happy as can be!

Then it was off to fly with Dumbo!

It was hotter than blazes this weekend, we dove into the shops in Toontown and cooled off (although by the looks of Sakura's cheeks she was still pretty hot!).

Hmmm, what's going on up there?

Taking Minnie for a spin in Toontown

It IS a Small World Afterall .... all the way from Japan our dream came true~

Someone was getting tired!

Hanging with Daddy

Front row for the parade

Waving at TinkerBell!

Happy Birthday to Jiichan

We celebrated Jiichan's 90th birthday today by going to Ah-So.  Special occasions (well probably every day is some special occasion if you looked at my camera memory card!!!) always warrant a camera tag along!

Daddy and his girl

SO sweet!  Yes she is a Daddy's Girl .... right AFTER she is a Mommy's Girl - HAHA!

Jiichan, Sakura and Daddy 

Happy Birthday Jiichan

Cute!

With Bachan

Back to School - Sakura is a Preschooler!

Sakura's 1st Day of Preschool!

It is hard to believe that Sakura is actually in preschool, but today when I dropped her off I realized that she is not a little baby anymore, she is a fast growing spunky little toddler.  She started going to Cornerstone Preschool in July due to the availability issues I mentioned in a previous post, but they practice a traditional school calendar, so today was her 1st day of Preschool.  Sakura also advanced to the Caterpillar room - so she once again left behind her familiar surroundings and friends but thankfully her teacher went as well, so that was NICE!  Sakura loves Miss Clarissa, and so do we!

I took MANY pictures, just kept the button down, so this is sort of like a slide show of Sakura dancing!  Because that's what she was doing as I was trying to get a picture...but I thought it was cute enough to post all of the pictures.  We are SO proud of you Sakura!

I saw this on Pinterest and thought what a neat idea .... it will be interesting to look back on next year.

This one was my cell pic.

With her ladybug friends, Allison and Taylor

Upon my return at the end of the day, I asked Sakura how her day was and she proclaimed GOOD and proceeded to show me her handy work for the day!  I'd say she had a GREAT day (as big people's do)!

Her 1st paper :)

Daddy is gone this week, but he suggested we get an ice cream cake to celebrate Sakura's 1st day with Bachan and Jiichan after dinner ... so Sakura and I stopped on our way home.

Just Sakura

Enjoying her cake to celebrate the occasion

Swanky Baby Vintage by Urban Chic Portraits

Recently Maranda of Urban Chic Portraits asked Sakura to be her model for an event she was selected to participate in called "Media Blast 2012" with the little girls clothing company Swanky Baby Vintage.  She had been sent this outfit and needed to submit a "Back to School" themed photo for their contest which ran on FaceBook.  We were honored and excited to be part of this with Maranda.  Below are the photos she submitted, she was required to submit 10, and they chose the one they would run in the contest.  We all had our favorites, but loved every image Maranda captured.  We weren't allowed to post any of the images until after the Media Blast which ended on 8/6.

Here they are:

THE photo they selected to be in the Media Blast 2012

Think, Think, Think

Showcasing the top

Showcasing the pants

Silly girl!

Would you like a bite of my apple pretty???  This one cracks me up!

LOVE this one!

Not sure about going Back to School Sakura?

Well OK - I do love my new Preschool!

LOVE LOVE LOVE this one!  I think this was Daddy's favorite

OR it was this one?  I LOVE both!

DARN I can't go Back to School Today?????  Another of my FAVS!

We loved this opportunity and we Love Maranda!