Warm Spring!

Today felt a little more like early summer!  I was more than happy to pull some warm-weather clothes out of the closet.

Teddy's wearing a Rabbit Moon button-up(later I rolled his sleeves and I liked his outfit a lot better), crewcuts chino shorts and TOMS.
Bebe's wearing a Janie & Jack Summer Picnic dress over a Carter's bodysuit and Cherokee shoes.
Tillie's wearing a Georgia Grace dress, DreamSpun shorties and Salt-Water sandals.  (This dress is one I bought with a credit I won a couple years ago.  It's a 4 and it's finally fitting how I'd like it to!)

This Baby.

This baby?  She's just the best.

Even when she's annoying and whiny.  I can't even believe that she'll be 1 in two weeks.  Today she's wearing a Giggle Moon outfit I found at Once Upon a Child.  I don't know it will still fit this summer, so I layered a Cherokee bodysuit under it to make it almost seasonally appropriate.

March is the Hardest Month

No one wants to wear winter clothes anymore, but it's still too cold for spring outfits.

The girls are in Matilda Jane today.  Tillie's wearing the Westside 'Molly the Envy' skirt with a Gap tee, crewcuts tulle skirt and necklace, boutique knee socks and OshKosh shoes.  Beatrix is wearing the April knot dress(why I didn't put her in the Abbi knot dress that's from the same line as Tillie's skirt I'll never know) with a Cherokee layering tee, Gap eyelet socks and Livie & Luca Minnies.

Day 7 - Happy Valentine's Day!

We hadn't planned on going anywhere today, but with a split second decision to go to Horrocks meant as many layers as I could put on them.

Tillie: Gap cardigan, Target "Bee Mine" tee, Cherokee tutu, Circo leggings, DreamSpun bow
Beatrix: Janie & Jack cardigan, Target "Bee Mine" tee, Gymboree Nice Kitty tutu, Circo leggings, Robeez, Inspired by Olive Zoelle headband
Teddy: Gap tee and jeans

A Quick Gardens Stop

I had a few errands on the other side of town, so I decided to make it an "event" and go to the Gardens.  I let the kids watch Elf in the car and they thought it was awesome!

Tillie wore a Jumping Beans top and Cherokee tutu skirt with crewcuts tights and Circo cat shoes.

Teddy's first choice of shirt (a size 3 Tea Collection tee) was too big, so he settled for this Tea fox shirt.  It's layered over a Rabbit Moon button-up (50% off at OUAC) that doesn't really match, but he didn't want to take it off.  It is pretty soft, actually.  Gap jeans and TOMS complete his outfit.

Today we made Bea's Zutano swing top even more festive by adding Christmas BabyLegs,  She's also wearing a Carter's bodysuit and Old Navy tights.  Her bow is Dear Grace and Parker.

Coordinating For Everyone!

Last year I had crewcuts tees for Tillie and Teddy that were the same colors.  They both still fit, so I was happy for them to wear them again this year.  I was a little sad that Bea didn't have a matching shirt though.  Yesterday when I pulled the 9m clothes out of the attic I realized that Tillie had had some Carter's bodysuits that had some similar colors.

Teddy's wearing Gap jeans.  Tillie's wearing Cherokee cable-knit leggings and Circo boots.  Bea has Gap eyelet socks and Gap Country Cool shoes.

Bea and Tillie both are wearing Ralph Lauren jumpers.  I bought Tillie's for a few dollars at a garage sale a couple years ago and found a 9m one at Once Upon a Child's $1 sale this winter.

Stripey Sisters

Today Beatrix is wearing the dress (Gap Boho) Tillie wore on her first Thanksgiving.  I never got a picture of Tillie in it and she only wore it that once.  It was from a garage sale and I didn't pay much for it.  My cousin made her little clippie - Little Sweet Pea Crochet.  We have 4 of them and they stay in her fine hair nicely.

Tillie's wearing a Gap Boho(Outlet version) outfit I bought at a garge sale this spring.  It's a 4 and kind of too small, but I remembered I had the dress for Bea so I bought it for them to coordinate anyway.  As soon as Tillie saw her outfit this morning she said, "OOH!  Bea and I kind of match today!"  I'm going to go with it while they still let me!  Her leggings are Cherokee and her boots are Circo.  The gold boots are not my favorite, but Tillie loves them.  And, they were 70% off last spring so at less than $5 they'll do.

Teddy's a brand mixing jackpot today.  His One Kid button-up and Janie & Jack vest are both from Goodwill.  His crewcuts cords I bought when I was still working there.  They're a 3, straight leg and way too big for my taste, but once he tried them on he wouldn't take them off.  He's wearing his brown Cons, but they're getting rather small so I didn't put socks on.  He needs new brown shoes, but I'm picky and cheap and haven't found anything yet.

And just because they're cute, here are the two littlest waiting for Tillie to finish Sunday School.

No TOMS for Bea

Tillie and Teddy are disappointed that they both have TOMS that match Tim and I and Bea has none.  Poor third child.  (Actually, I'd totally buy Bea matching red polka dots if I found them in a store.  I just don't think she needs them enough to go searching online.)

Bea is wearing a Gap Swing Set dress(Once Upon a Child $1 sale!) and a navy Cherokee bodysuit(baby gift!).  Her Pediped shoes were from a Consignment sale.

Tillie is excited that her red polka dot TOMS(Nordstrom Rack!) fit her now!  She wore them with Dreamspun pants(sample sale!), a crewcuts tee and a necklace I made her.

Teddy did NOT want his picture taken, but Mama made him anyway -- but only one take!  He's wearing a crewcuts tee, Gap jeans(all his non-Gap or crewcuts 2t pants are too short, but all 3t are GINOURMOUS on him.) and navy TOMS.

Mish Mash

No one's coordinated for church today, but everyone looked cute.

Teddy's wearing a crewcuts jersey polo, Cherokee seersucker pants and Salt-Water sandals.

Tillie's wearing a Georgia Grace halter with homemade red shorties.  I also made her necklace.

Bea's wearing a Carter's dress.  It was only $1 at a Mom2Mom sale and it still has the matching diaper cover!

Boats & Waves

There's an ocean theme at preschool this week, so we decided to go with that today.  Tillie is wearing a crewcuts porthole tee over a white Cherokee layering tee.  Her coral cord skirt is Lands' End.  She wore her blue Converse to school since it was gym day.  And, since it's going to be 50* today we went with bare legs -- because we could!

Teddy is wearing a crewcuts boat tee over his new fire truck tee.  He wasn't too happy about covering the fire truck up, but he was won over when I told him the boat matched Tillie.  His jeans are Gap and his gray slip-ons are Circo. (I think he's actually moving into size 6 shoes now!)

This shirt has print on the back too.  That always makes me happy.

M is for Matilda!

This week was M and forest animal week at preschool.  She has quite a few things she could have worn with that theme, but since Monday and Wednesdays were snow days we decided on her American Apparel Mm shirt we found at Goodwill last year.  Her teacher loved it, so I think it was a good choice.  We layered it over a white Cherokee long sleeved tee and added a crewcuts chambray skirt and red Hanna Andersson liveable leggings(Costco).  With a red Dreamspun bow on top she looked pretty cute for a snowy day!

She wore her navy Cons at school because we thought it was a fym day, but since they were setting up for the auction they stayed in the classroom.  That was probably for the best since I'm sure they had a lot of catch-up to get through from missing two days!  (Of course she had to miss two days of  "forest animals" week.  That's vocab I'd really want her to know!)

Girls and Boys

It was a lazy day today.  I've never been the mom who keeps her kids in pajamas all day, but I've been super-lazy about it this pregnancy.  We stayed home all day, but since we had friends over for dinner I made Tillie put clothes on after nap/rest time.  She's wearing a Strawberry Coral top my mom got her at DreamSpun.  I think it will be cuter in the summer as a tank, but I haven't decided what kind of bottoms to pair with it.  Maybe I should make shorties?  Today we layered it with a white Cherokee tee and Gap skinny jeans.  She picked out the pink Dreamspun bow to complete the girly look.  She calls this her "ballet tank top."

 
Teddy was happy to wear his "worker" shirt today.  He loves playing with his tool bench so he was all about this Gap Playtime Favorites shirt today.  These Gap Naval Academy jeans are size 12-18 months-- and they fit perfectly.  They were designed to be worn cuffed and we have them uncuffed.  This outfit has been in the diaper bag most of the fall/winter and I'm glad I remembered it because I think he might be wearing these jeans more often in the next few weeks.  He wore this same outfit last October, but we layered an H&M button-down under it today.

Shades of Blue

Last August when I was planning our family's fall pictures I got Tim this shirt at J.Crew.  I based everyone else's outfits around the colors.

I immediately saw a turquoise cord dress from Mini-Boden that would be perfect for Tillie.  She was still refusing to wear anything but short sleeve, so I knew she wouldn't refuse it.  It added texture, but not too much pattern and was just a style I knew would be flattering on her.  Of course it was a $38 dress.  But!  A few weeks later I was able to purchase a $50 voucher to Boden for $21 on Plum District.  It wasn't long after that that I was able to get the dress and two t-shirts for Teddy using that voucher.  It was a pretty sweet deal.

Today she's wearing that cord dress with a white Cherokee tee, Gymboree knee socks and Circo Fuggs.  Her headband was also purchased for family pictures(Etsy), but she wore it on the first day of school as well.

I found Teddy's gingham shirt on H&M's website and thought about waiting until I was at a store, but in the end I found a 20% off code and free shipping.  I'm glad I ordered it because I never saw it in store!  Today he's wearing it with a Janie & Jack cardigan, chinos from The Children's Place and Livie and Luca boots.

He did not want to have his picture taken today.

Penguins and Hikers

A lot of the time I try to make my kids clothes "go" with each other, or at the very least not clash.  Today was not one of those days.

Tillie's wearing a Gap Artic Star penguin shirt with H&M jeans.  It's nothing I'm all that excited about, but she was happy.  It did seem appropriate for the amount of snow outside.

Ted has worn this Cherokee top a couple times already, but he likes it.  Today when I put it on him I asked him who likes to go hiking, he replied, "Grandpa!"  I was expecting "Daddy", but "Grandpa" is also true and I think my dad will like his answer.  His jeans are Old Navy and his boots are Livie & Luca.  He's also wearing Old Navy boot socks that looked so cute popping out of his boots while he was in the shopping cart at Target.

Blues

Do you have neutral colors that go with different times of the year?  In my head, it's Brown-September to Thanksgiving, Black-Black Friday to New Years, Navy-January-August.  It also just so happens that navy is my favorite, so there's that.

We went to the Gardens today because we got a membership with some Christmas money.  I'm so excited to start coming here again.  The green just makes me happy.  I'm thinking this will be a long winter so I'll be visiting a lot to keep myself sane!

Tillie's wearing the Next dress she wore for school pictures with navy with kelly green heart crewcuts tights.  Her green necklace is another DreamSpun one we picked up during their sale last week.

I just got Teddy this H&M shirt last week.  I mean really, I couldn't leave a shirt that says, "This little bear lives in the forest." on the rack.  It's layered over an H&M button down from ThredUp(use this link for $10 off your first order!).  His jeans are Cherokee and his boots are Livie and Luca.

Ooh, notice that Ted doesn't have a mullet?  I actually trimmed the back by myself.  It's not perfect, but it will buy us a month until I have to get my hair done again and he can come with me.

Animals Totally Wear Accessories

Ted's wearing his Gap Poppy fox in a scarf sweater.  He's worn this a couple of times this month already -- how could I not!?

Tillie's wearing a Cherokee deer in glasses tee with a pink Gap Outlet cord skirt.  She rejected the tights I had because they're "scratchy", but accepted the pink BabyLegs.

9 Days Til Boxing Day!

When I bought this crewcuts tee I thought it would be fun to wear on December 9, because it looks festive. Of course, she was requested to "Wear purple" on that day of preschool. I rearranged my plans and figured she could wear it the 16th, when there are 9 days until Christmas. Then yesterday we all got up late, I forgot, and she wore the reindeer jumper.

Well, hey!  Let's celebrate that there are only 9 days until Boxing Day!  She's also wearing a Cherokee tutu and crewcuts gold sparkle flats.  The shoes are a 10 and too big, but we were staying home today so she just wore them for the photo.

Teddy's wearing his favorite shirt, a Gap firetruck tee.  I put a green and navy plaid shirt from The Children's place under it so the red and green make it "festive.

Winter Dress Coats

It's a snowy day over here, so we didn't put on great outfits.  I did, however, make them go outside for pictures in their wool coats.  I was actually planning on taking them to Ada today for pictures, but it wasn't worth the drive in this weather.

Ted is wearing a plaid Gap I Want Candy coat.  It's size 12-18 months and I bought it when he was 2 months old for the following year.  Well, he wore it to church last year, but it was too big and he wasn't walking so I don't think I ever took a picture of him in it.  I was so happy when I realized it still fit him this year!  He's also wearing Gap jeans and Livie & Luca boots.  His hat is from a craft fair.

Tillie's is a hand-me-down from my sister Kizie.  It's one of the few things she reminds Tillie she wants back after we're done with it.  It's Til's third year wearing it.  Kizie wore it for about that many years as well!  My friend Laura bought it for Kizie at Roger's.  She's also wearing Gap jeans and Cherokee boots.  Her headband and clip are from craft fairs.

Reindeer and Polar Bear

I suspect that the next few weeks most pictures will be taken in front of the tree.  Currently only the lower half the the tree is fully decorated because the kids did their ornaments their self this morning.

Tillie's wearing a Cherokee reindeer tee that I got at Goodwill(new with tags!) last January.  She's wearing her new Gap(5t) skinny jeans.  They were 40% off and I had GapCash to use so they were about $9(for $30 jeans!).  Ted is wearing a Janie & Jack polar bear hoodie(Goodwill!) with a Gymboree thermal and his new Gap(2t) skinny jeans.  He's so little that they look like straight legs on him.

Like Father, Like Son

I saw this Cherokee hooded layer-tee while Teddy and I were shopping at Target yesterday.  When I saw the 70% off price tag I knew it was coming home with us.  It was the only one left AND was Ted's size.  Talk about meant to be.  He's wearing it with Old Navy garage sale jeans.

Hey, how 'bout that awesome lighting in this pic...