Palm Sunday!

Beatrix is wearing the Carter's Dress Tillie wore for her first Palm Sunday.

Teddy's wearing a Rabbit Moon button-up, Crazy 8 tie, Gap chinos and TOMS.  It was important for me to include BabySam in this picture because he is also wearing a tie.

Tillie's wearing a Matilda Jane dress I found at Once Upon a Child. (Symon's General Store dress from the Good Hart line)  It's still too cold for short sleeves, so she opted for an Old Navy tee and Gymboree leggings under it.  (The other options were a cardigan and tights.)  Emmie needed to be in the picture because she is also wearing a dress with leggings.

Day 2

Today Tillie wore the DreamSpun vintage tee she wore on the 14th last year.  This time she paired it with a Crazy 8 cord skirt and Circo leggings.

Teddy wore a Carter's tee with H&M knit-waist jeans.

Beatrix wore a Gap Love chambray dress with pink BabyLegs.

All Smiles

Every morning when I show Beatrix what she's wearing that day she smiles, laughs and claps.   It's so fun.  My happy girl is wearing a lot of Gap today.  The leggings are from the Galacia line.  Her bow is Inspired by Olive Zoelle.

Even though last night Tillie deemed this outfit "fall", she was happy to wear it today.  It's a Mini-Boden pointelle tee, Crazy 8 cord skirt, H&M bird leggings, Gap boot socks and Target fuggs.

Blue and Cream

We had some great coordinating going on today for church!  Tillie was the only one with a new outfit.  She's wearing a Mae Li Rose sweater from DreamSpun, Old Navy leggings(size 6-7, she's not too tall, but has long legs) and Circo cat shoes.

Teddy's wearing Gap sweater, shirt and cords with a Crazy 8 tie.  Beatrix is wearing a Gap dress and shoes with and Old Navy bodysuit and tights.

Gardens Member Party

Tonight we went to the Gardens to see the Christmas trees and lights and eat cookies.  The kids saw Santa, too.  I think these three outfits are my favorites of this holiday season(at least so far, I can't promise I won't change my mind!).

Teddy, my sweet boy, was darling in his Gap sweater, shirt and cords.  His tie is from Crazy 8.

Beatrix wore a Gap deer cord dress over and Old Navy bodysuit and tights.  Her shoes are Gap and her bow is Dear Grace and Parker.  This dress is so soft and I just love it.

Tillie wore her Dreamspun dress with boutique leggings and Circo cat shoes.

Christmas Red

I bought this Crazy 8 dress for around $3 when I was pregnant with Teddy.  It's size 0-3 months and if he had been a girl I planned for it to be his(her?) 1st Christmas dress.  Since he was my Teddy the dress got packed away.  I took it out recently when a friend was due with her baby.  She didn't know what she was having and if she had had a girl I would have given it to her.  She had a boy, so it's been laying around Bea's room for a couple months.  Today I picked it up and reazlied that it looked pretty big for a 0-3m dress.

I decided to try it on her and it fits well, except the sleeves are a little short.  It would have been ginormous on baby Ted.  She's wearing it with BabyLegs and Gap boots. Her glitter bow is Dear Grace & Parker.

Scarily Cute Sisters

Sisters in Crazy 8 tees and Gap skinny jeans.

They're both even wearing patent leather mary janes.  Tillie's are Stride Rite from a garage sale and Bea's are Gymboree I bought when Tillie was little.

Pumpkin "Picking"

We went to pick out our pumpkins after school today.  And, since it's October 1 it's only appropriate that they wore Halloween clothes.

I bought Tillie and Teddy's shirts last year at Crazy 8 after Halloween for less than $3 each.  Beatrix actually has a matching shirt to Tillie, but it's a 6-12m and still a little big.  Tillie is wearing hers with a Hanna Andersson skirt, Circo cat shoes and a Dreamspun bow.  Teddy has Gap jeans and gray TOMS.

Beatrix is wearing a Gap Halloween romper I bought last year just in case it turned out I was having a girl.  (It was on extreme price kill after Halloween.)

Navy and Pink

So classic.

I had a good number of navy and pink outfits back in my early J. Crew days.  Today's outfits were all based on the fact that I wanted Teddy to wear this outfit.  He wore it a week ago to an anniversary party with my parents and I didn't get a picture of it then.  I got the Ralph Lauren plaid button-up at a thrift store and the Gap Party Outfits bike pants super-cheap when there was an extra percentage off sale.  They're both 2t and I have no idea why the shirt is still a little big.

Tillie's wearing the outlet version of a Gap Abbey Road dress.  She made me buy it for her at Goodwill a year or so ago.  I wanted to put it back because it was pretty faded, but she LOVED it.  Apparently she doesn't love it anymore, but she still does like it.  It is very cute on her.  It's layered over a Crazy 8 Halloween tee because it's the only white shirt we had and the dress covered the whole graphic.  She takes any opportunity she has to wear her Circo cat shoes and they worked fine today.

Bea's wearing a Gap PopShop dress I got for $1 a Once Upon a Child.  I ADORE this dress.  I wanted it when Tillie was a baby but ended up with a strawberry outfit from the line instead.  It's layered over a cream Gap bodysuit.  The Gap navy patent leather shoes were Tillie's Christmas shoes as a baby.  They're too big on Bea so they'll probably still fit her in December, too.

Big Star Lake!

It's time for a family Reunion for Tim's side again.  We drove into Ludington today, as is our own Monday tradition.  Tillie wore a crewcuts tee and Crazy 8 skirt.  She got SO MANY comments and compliments on this tee today.  She's worn in a number of times before, so it was kind of strange to me.

Teddy wore a crewcuts tee and Gap shorts.  I love these together and he's worn it a number of times.  I can't remember if I've posted it before.

Garage Sale-ing

When we dressed this morning for garage sales I had no clue this would be the day BabySister would arrive!

Tillie's wearing a Camp dress with Hanna Andersson leggings and pink mary jane TOMS.  Ted is wearing a monster shirt from Goodwill.  There's no brand tag, but it is in European sizing.  His jeans are Crazy 8.  They were sold with the paint splatters, but the holes are just from typical boy wear.  (Not Ted though, I got them for a quarter at a sale.)

Go Knights!

The Calvin-Hope game is today, so I appropriately decked my kids out in Calvin gear.  Tillie's shirt we bought on sale at the Campus Store and Ted's matching one is from half price day at the thrift store.  Tillie's wearing hers with a Crazy 8 tulle skirt, flowered BabyLegs, DreamSpun bow and CircoFuggs.  Teddy's wearing Old Navy jeans and Livie & Luca boots.

Here's the link to them in these shirts last year.

Party Clothes

We had our first Christmas party of the year with Tim's family tonight.  Teddy had to be woken up from his afternoon nap to get there in time.  He wasn't so sure about that, but once we got there he was excited.  He's wearing a Crazy 8 plaid shirt, Gymboree vest and red Gap skinny jeans.  I don't know how long he'll let me dress him in outfits like this, but right now he seems to like it so I'm going with it.

Tillie's wearing a Gap Lodge dress, crewcuts cardigan, flowered BabyLegs and Circo Fuggs.  She requested "princess pigtails", but also asked that they be "low".  She approved when I was done.

I wish Philip hadn't needed his camera back yesterday as these outfits were so cute, and I just don't think you can fully tell with this crappy lighting and my subpar photography skills.

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.

Red & Green and Reindeer

Teddy's wearing a Crazy 8 green plaid shirt (new with tags from the thrift store on half off day!) and a red cable knit Gap Outlet cardigan(Goodwill!) with his Genuine Kids jeans and red TOMS.  It's a great way to make a Christmas outfit out of things he already had in his closet.

Tillie's wearing a Crazy 8 reindeer jumper from last year.  It's no wonder I got this cheap after Christmas as it's a 3t and the arm holes are still rather generous on her.  Maybe I'll try it on her again next year as a tunic for fun.  Her tee is H&M and the leggings are Hanna Andersson.  She wore her Circo Fuggs for the picture, but decided to wear her snowflake TOMS to school instead.

Oh Little Man

I mean seriously, this outfit is too cute.  Ted is wearing a Janie & Jack cable-knit cardigan.  It's, um, size 12-18m.  I do think their clothes run big, but this is kind of ridiculous.  He's also wearing a short-sleeved gingham shirt from crewcuts and Crazy 8 skinny jeans.  His Livie & Luca boots are a little hard to get on, but now that we've gotten them stretchered out a little it's not so bad.  I was a little worried earlier this fall.  They're so cute and I was worried we wouldn't get many wears out of them.  They fit perfectly when they're all the way on.

Tillie's wearing a crewcuts sequin bow tee and corduroy skirt.  She only has one pair of cream tights that fit well, so I like to keep them for church.  We used Gap gray tights(thrift store) and added to a silver/gray clip to tie them together.  Tim recently found her mary jane TOMS in the breezeway(how I couldn't find them there I have no idea) and Tillie was happy to wear them again.

Café

I wasn't too excited when Tillie's preschool calendar said to wear brown today.  As we looked in closet last night I'm really happy with the outfit we came up with!  She might wear it to a family dinner we have on Sunday!  She's wearing (a size 2, it runs HUGE) Matilda Jane Fawn dress, Hanna Andersson red leggings, Circo Fuggs, a Dreamspun necklace and a twine bow from a craft fair.  I bought the dress ages ago during a sale and it finally fits her well.  The Dreamspun necklace we just got to wear with her (garage sale!) Thanksgiving dress.  It should work with some of her Christmas dresses too.

Teddy's wearing Crazy 8 skinny jeans, Carter's rocket tee and Gap Military Prep cardigan.  You know how about a month ago I said I took all the 12-18m clothes out of his closet.  I missed a few.  This tee and cardigan are 12-18m.  At least the jeans are 18-24...even if they are girl jeans.  But, as you can see it all actually fits him well.

Fall Fun

Last September, right before leaving J. Crew I bought Tillie and Teddy these coordinating tees with the idea of taking pictures this fall. Today I put them in them again to play in the leaves.

Tillie's wearing her old TinyTangerine owl hat with Gap skinny jeans.

Teddy's wearing his with Crazy 8 skinny jeans, Livie & Luca boots and a Pumpkin Patch vest.

Cowgirl and Star Wars

Today Tillie's class took a field trip to the Critter Barn.  Of course Tillie wanted to wear her new Dreamspun cowgirl shirt.  Tillie did some modeling for them this summer and they posted that they hung up some of the new images in the store.  Of course we had to go see Tillie on the wall!  The vintage tees/tanks were on sale, and even cheaper if you bought two.  I'd been wanting some for Tillie, so it was perfect.  They do seem run a little small.  This one is a 4, but she does have another tank under it since it was suppose to be cold today.  (We took this picture in one take so we could quickly get her coat on!)  She's also wearing a crewcuts Caroline cardigan, Gap skinny jeans and Cherokee rain boots.  Her Goody hairclip is a duck, perfect for the occasion.  Of course, no one saw this outfit since we kept her coat tightly zipped the whole time we were there.

Teddy stayed home with grandma. At first she said he didn't want to change out of his cozy pajamas, but when he saw that I set out a Star Wars shirt he was eager to change.  His Crazy 8 paint splatter jeans were 25¢ at a mom2mom sale.  They didn't come from Crazy 8 with holes, but for a quarter they're great play pants.  (I bought them when he was still making holes in all the right knees of his pants.)

Elbow Patches

Aren't they the cutest?  Teddy's wearing a Cherokee button-up and cardigan I bought him last winter.  18 month size and still fits great.  I actually took all the other 18m clothes out of his closet this week, but I kept this one outfit to wear a few more times.  I'm glad I did.  It might even be cuter on him now.  I'll have to break out the bow tie next time he wears it.  He's also wearing Crazy 8 skinny jeans.