Mommy And Me Yoga

Today the kids and I tried out a Mommy and Me yoga/pilates class. It was really great!

The moms and little babies spread out their mats on the grass at Brookside Park in Pasadena for a pilates session, while the slightly older children spread out mats (or towels) several yards away with their own yoga instructor!

I was pretty sure that my three-and-a-half-year-old would have fun at the kid's yoga class because he's very social, but I was worried about how my ten-month-old would be. Turns out she felt right at home and crawled from one mommy to the next all during class.

Perhaps the biggest surprise was what a great workout it was. I could really feel my muscles engage! After class I loaded both kids up into the stroller and squeezed in a 15 minute or so jog around the park. I run, therefore I am.

The Mommy and Me fitness classes, offered through Mama Mia Fitness, take place everyday from 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. in the same location. The M/W/F class is a Circuit Training class and Tuesdays is a Cardio Blast class. Being that my schedule is so crazy between the two kids, and the fact that I like to run 6 miles already on M/W/F, actually making it to a class more than once a week is probably unlikely for me, but it would certainly be GOOD for me to do some cross training.

Judging from today's experience, I would have to highly reccomend this program for any mom -- especially a new mom. The moms I met today were kind and helpful and seemed very down to earth; and getting regular exercise (especially outdoors) is so crucial post-partum to get all those feel good hormones going again. Well, that and SEX! (I know, I know, who has the energy?) That's just my two cents.

After the yoga class we hit Amy's Indoor Playground in South Pasadena. Now, normally I don't like paying to go into one of these types of places when my kids are just as happy being at a park, but with Mia crawling everywhere and putting EVERYTHING in her mouth I happily shelled out the cash! Amy's has a nice little cushy enclosure that is just for the little ones. She was happy in there and it even gave me the chance to get wild in the bouncy house with my son.

Another bonus of the indoor playground with a bouncy house is that it absolutely wipes out older kids. I lured my son away from the play area with an ice cream sandwich (and they even had the 140-calorie Skinny Cow ice cream sandwiches, which are so much more of a reasonable "treat" than the giant 500-calorie variety) just minutes before nap time. I managed to get home quickly, feed both kids a little healthy food and get them both down for naps.

Now I have six minutes until my mother-in-law comes over so I can get my eyelashes tinted! I know it sounds very vain, but it's really because I can't stand mascara, but my eyelashes are totally blonde, so I look freaky without it! My husband's big Christmas party is tomorrow night so I want to look my best. It may be the one night in 100 where I actually get to feel a little less like a frumpy mommy than usual.

And here she is! Later!