Happy 4th of July!

I hope you're ready for parades, hot dogs and fireworks!

I promise Bea didn't fall.

 Tillie's wearing a Gap Dressy Styles dress I got for $3 at a consignment sale.  It's hard to see, but there are stars all over it.

Teddy is wearing a Gap slub tee from this summer with big gingham shorts from last summer.  I would have rather him have a red shirt or a blue shirt closer to the color of his shorts, but I got this tee cheap, so I went with it.  Blue is currently his favorite color, so he's happy.

Bea is wearing a Gymboree Sailor Baby outfit.  I adore it.

At Uncle Matt's house they all went in the pool.

Tillie's swimsuit is Circo from Target.

I bought Tillie's because it coordinated with Bea's Gymboree suit.

Teddy's suit is from Gap.

After swimming, Tillie wanted to wear the extra dress I had packed for her.  It's the Baby Sara dress I won from My Little Jules a few years ago.  It's a size 3, but obviously sized very generously.

Long Sleeves

I laid out all of the kids clothes for the whole week last Friday.  This morning I had to dig in their drawers to find long sleeves for layering!

Ted's worn this crewcuts "Sea Legs" tee and Gap Americana shorts recently, but I really love the two pieces together.  Also, since Til is wearing a shirt about the sea, I thought it would be cute to match.

Tillie's is wearing a crewcuts outfit with a "The sea is my home" tee and cowgirl shorts.  The gold Salt-Waters were from J.Crew sale a couple years ago as well.

Little Bea is wearing a Gap striped dress I got for 50 cents at the thrift store.  Paired with a red Dear Grace & Parker bow, she's a reverse flag.

Teddy spilled his grape juice at breakfast and Tillie was complaining about the sequins itching, so they both wanted to change clothes by 9:15.  Fine.  I pulled out the staff kid shirts from 2 years ago and added a Gap Surf skirt for Tillie and Osh Kosh jeans for Teddy.  If I had been thinking I would have saved yesterdays striped Mini-Boden baggies for Ted, but that might have been over the top matching anyway.

Bermudas and Baggies

It's a cooler day today, so all the kids are wearing longer shorts.

Tillie is wearing a Gap top from a garage sale with Gap denim bermudas.

Ted-Ted is wearing a Janie & Jack lobster tee with Mini-Boden baggies.  He's a huge fan of his new Native knock-offs from Gap.  I got them for $5 this week.  He can put them on himself.  Worth every penny.

Beatrix is wearing the outfit Tillie wore for her first 4th of July.  The bodysuit is from Old Navy and the cropped pants are Carter's.  I think I got them for $1 before Til was born.

A Baby in a Hat

I mean, seriously.  My baby is the cutest.  When she's wearing outfits like this Gymboree Sailor Baby romper and hat it's just over the top.  She needed the hat because it was sprinkling a bit this morning on our walk to the dinning hall.  Obviously.

Teddy's wearing a crewcuts anchor tee with light-weight shorts.  This boy?  I love him so much.

Tillie's wearing a sparkle star Gap tank with a Gap denim ruffle skirt.  This outfit looked cuter in person and in lighting that wasn't dim morning cabin light.

Patriotic Cherries

Today my little Bea is wearing a Carter's hand-me-down from Tillie.  I *think* this was also a gift from my friend Linds.  Her bow is Dear Grace and Parker.

Here's a close up of the bow, so that you can see the cute "polka-stars".  (Also, she's growing long eyelashes like her older siblings.)

Tillie's happily coordinating in her H&M cherry dress.  We accessoried with a Dreamspun bow, crewcuts necklace and Salt-Water sandals.

Teddy's wearing a crewcuts striped tee with Gap Cannes shorts.  Since we were going into town instead of staying at Camp he's wearing his TOMS.

Day 2

Happy Sunday!  We're wearing some faded hues today.

Teddy's wearing a Gap button up and sun-washed shorts today.  His shoes are See Kai Run, but it we were at home instead of Camp I would have done his navy TOMS.  I'm pretty sure his shirt was from Goodwill and the shorts may have been as well.

Bea's wearing a Gymboree Venice Sweetie romper and a Dear Grace and Parker headband.  I bought the romper super-cheap shortly after Christmas.  It's a little big, but it has a "bunchy" design that makes it look like it doesn't fit well.  I wouldn't have paid full price for it, but under $3 was worth it.

Tillie's wearing a Gap Spring Break tank with a Hen & Chic skirt.  The tank was super-cheap at Gap this week, which was great because she's been needing a navy tank for a few outfits.  It's a 4-5 from Kid Girl, but seems to fit more like a 5 than a 4.

Red, White & Blue Week!

It's here!  With oddly colored pictures because I only pretend to know how to use my brother's camera!

Teddy is wearing a Gap Cannes tee with Gymboree Beach Crawler shorts and Old Navy flip-flops.  I found out this morning that he can put these flip-flops on my himself, which totally made my day.

Tillie's wearing a Gap Surf tank with crewcuts star shorts.  Blue lips courtesy of a red, white and blue popsicle she had in the bath last night.

Bea is wearing a Circo dress that was a baby gift to Tillie.  If I'm remembering correctly, it was from my friend Linds.  It looks just as cute on Bea.  We accessorized with a Dear Grace and Parker bow.  She'll probably wear one of these every day since I bought a three pack of red, white and blue bows that have stars on them.  They were half price during a facebook flash sale.  I couldn't resist.

The 4th

We did it, with many outfits to spare.  Today as we were walking to the parade Tillie looked at Tim's khaki shorts, laughed and said, "Daddy!  You don't wear brown today!  It's only for red, white and blue!"  I've totally brought her over to my side.

Teddy's wearing a Genuine Kids polo from the thrift store and Gymboree Prepster Pup seersucker shorts.  This is the first year I haven't purchased outfits specifically to be used the on the 4th.  It worked out just fine as I have a tendency to buy a lot of red and nautical things for my kids in the summer.
Kizie and my mom supplied him with the festive beads.

Tillie's wearing an Osh Kosh dress I bought at a garage sale a couple years ago.  I just really liked it.  Thankfully, Tillie likes it a lot too.  Her necklace is crewcuts.

After swimming at Philip's pool for a bit, they changed into new outfits.  Teddy wore and Old Navy striped tee with red Gymboree Beach Crawler shorts.

And, we couldn't let the opportunity for her to wear her birthday shirt today pass by.  Today we paired it with crewcuts cowgirl denim shorts.  They're a 3, but they were much too big last year.

Nautical at the Zoo

Here was my [unimportant] conundrum of the day:
Zoo Trip = Animal Shirts.  July 3 = Red, White & Blue Week.

I decided that we have enough pictures of my kids in animal themed clothes at the zoo and it would be okay to rock some adorable nautical gear.

Teddy's wearing a Gap Cannes outfit layered over a Carter's bodysuit.  It warmed up, but it was a little cool this morning when we got there.  He's just starting to outgrow size 4 shoes, which is a bummer in the middle of the summer.  However, I remembered that we had brown Salt-Water surfers in size 5 stored in the attic.  Ted thought it was so great when I brought these out, "Shi-she shoe!  Shi-she shoe!"  They both think it's pretty cool that they match and I love that I don't have to scramble to find new sandals for him in the middle of the summer!

I love these anchor shorts so much.

Tillie's wearing a crewcuts tee (awesome employee sale) and denim cropped pants(Goodwill) with her Salt-Water sandals.  I'm pretty much jealous of these jeans.

I love how dorky and coordinated they are in their matching anchors and sandals.

Peter Pan and Polos

If I had been thinking I would have bought this H&M dress in size 4-6 as well as this 2-4.  It just suits her so well and was only $5! This one is getting a little short, but I'm probably still going to squeeze her into it at least once next spring as well.  She chose a red bow for this week's theme.

Teddy's wearing a Cherokee polo and faded red Gap shorts.  The shorts are from a garage sale.  I wouldn't have thought to put these two together until this theme week, but I really liked it on him.

Also of note, they both got haircuts this morning!

Light Blue

We cheated a bit today with our light blue staff kid shirts. They missed wearing them on opening day last week, so we thought the last full day of this session would be appropriate.  Tillie is wearing hers with a navy crewcuts shirt and Ted has his with red Gymboree Beach Crawler shorts.

Liberty and Stripes

I love this Liberty of London for Target dress.  It's a 3t and Tillie wore it last summer on Sunday during red white and blue week too!  Keens, blah, blah, blah, Camp shoes.  Thankfully, she really likes this dress too.  I think it will officially get packed away now as it's getting a bit short.

Teddy's wearing a Gap outlet polo and Carter's shorts.  The shorts are from Once Upon A Child's dollar sale last summer and the polo is either from a garage sale or Goodwill.

Polka Dots & Plaid

Teddy's wearing OshKosh shortalls and a Koala Kids ringer tee today.

Tillie is wearing a Carter's dress from last summer with crewcuts flip-flops.

p.s. I'm using a Chromebook at Camp this week.  It's not awesome for uploading and editing pictures, so I've been using Tim's iPad to blog and take outfit pictures.  I can't get it to center the pictures correctly.

Red, White & Blue Week

For the next week my family will be rocking red, white, and or blue to begin the celebration of the 4th of  July.

 Tillie is wearing a Gap Playtime Favorites dress that we found at Goodwill a couple weeks ago. She had a tunic leggings set in this same stripe. We added the striped knit fabric so it was a little more festive. She picked the Keens, I would have gone with tan Salt-Waters.

Teddy is wearing a Crazy 8 crab shirt with Gap khaki shorts with navy Squeak Me sandals. The crab was appropriate for his mood while taking these pictures.

Happy 4th of July!

Tillie wore a Gymboree 4th of July outfit to the parade in Dorr this morning.  I bought it on sale last summer and I think I used Gymbucks. (The shorts are actually Cape Cod Cutie.)

The straps kept falling of her shoulders when I was braiding her hair and I knew she would be annoyed all morning.  So, I found some red grosgrain ribbon in the basement and tied the straps together.

Teddy's wearing an Old Navy plaid romper and hat that I bought years ago for my cousin when she was pregnant.  We all knew she was having a boy who would be named Jordan Michael.  Well, when that baby was born we were all shocked to meet a Haley!  I worked at Old Navy at the time and had bought it with my employee discount so it wasn't returnable.  No other baby boys were born at quite the right time for this size summer outfit.  How awesome that it was the right size for Teddy this year!  I still love it.

Oh My Stars

I won this Baby Sara dress last year from My Little Jules.  I wasn't familiar with this brand and I knew that boutique clothing sometimes runs small so I asked for a 3t, just in case.  Well this brand, or at least this style runs slightly large.  I'd like it to be a little more fitted.  The good news is that it should fit next year too.  As you can guess, Tillie LOVES it.  Sparkly dress with a sea star?  She loves it.  I asked her to pose so I could see the star and this is what she gave me. Oy vey.

Teddy is wearing another Gymboree Pelican Catch outfit.  This one is from Reuben and I was so happy to see it in the hand-me-down box.  I'd admired this line when I was pregnant.

Only one more day left in Red, White and/or Blue Week!