On one of the nice days last week I played with my kids on the “jumpoline” (a la Adelaide). Fun times!

On Madeline: tunic – miniboden, leggings Target last year.

On Adelaide: hand-me-down Madeline playclothes all from Old Navy (top was last year, jeans who knows!).

On Drew: top – miniboden, jeans Old Navy.

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squeezing this in while it’s still Thursday…

Today was interesting. Madeline went to put on her jeans before school and they were about 3 inches too short and would not even come close to buttoning. I know she wore them a couple of times this summer but apparently she had a growth spurt last night. So while the big kids were at school I took the littles and we hit up Old Navy and Walmart.

As I was putting the baby’s seat back in the van I realized he smelled suspicious – so I lifted his leg and sure enough, oozing baby poop everywhere. Decided that was a mess for home and left it. We picked up Adelaide and I forgot all about the cold milk in the trunk when I let my sister borrow my van. And then I forgot that the storage tubs I had bought were also still back there when Andy left with the van tonight. I’m attempting to get the summer stuff out and the fall stuff in. You know what they say about the best-laid plans…

Anyway, back to Small Style. This is Drew from today:

The kinda-swishy pants are from Target which are super comfy and he has 3 different colors. Can’t beat $9. Tee is Tea Collection.

I didn’t get a photo of Madeline but she had on dark purple skinny cords and this yellow/white striped top. I wanted her to wear her yellow shoes but she declined. She chose her silver maryjanes instead. (Why are 6 year olds so opinionated?) She came home and immediately changed for ballet. Never mind that it didn’t start for several hours. ;)

Adelaide also had on an Old Navy top and brown cords.  (More stripes!)

Arianna wore an MJ top as a dress, leggings from Target and shoes are Gracious May:

I’m glad the weekend is nearly here, maybe I can finally get caught up? A girl can dream!

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Arianna, for church last Sunday…

This is what happens if you take away her paci:

Top used to be Adelaide’s and passed down, socks ARE Adelaide’s (I just folded the extra fabric under her toes), dress is her own; everything is Matilda Jane and shoes are Livie & Luca, bought last year during a big sale and saved.

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Yellow knit shorts – Walmart; upside-down skirt – Tea Collection (both Madeline’s).

Inside-out striped tank – Old Navy (Adelaide’s).

No clothes were harmed in the making of this post.

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Today Adelaide starts PreK. She is soo excited. (Remember when she brought me a pile of change – “money so I can go to school, Mom”?)

Dress is Matilda Jane, shoes are Simple. (When she got dressed this morning we found about 20 little sticky burrs inside her dress from the last time she wore it – good thing we noticed before sending her off! That would have been one miserably itchy first day!)

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A good Saturday, no?

Weeeeell, let’s see if I can dredge up anything for Small Style. Lately Arianna’s been running around in a jammie top and a diaper and the big kids have been living in their swim suits. Or, like yesterday, they didn’t even bother and played in the hose IN their clothes. Bad day for the dryer to go out.

(It did.)

Oh I found a recent photo, from one of the few days I actually got her dressed! Dress is a Misha Lulu I got from a daily deal site a while back. (Love that they can be worn for years, literally, first as a dress and then as a tunic with leggings. Also seen here.)

Although I should get a photo of Madeline right now – taking after her dad and mixing stripes and plaids. ;)

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I’m gonna use what my kids wore yesterday for this link-up. We ran errands in the morning (got pre-registered at the hospital, wa-hoo!) and then went to play at “Miss Gratchen’s” (a la Adelaide). Nice to park my rear somewhere for an afternoon. Anyway.

Adelaide’s vintagey looking top cost like $1 or something crazy, at a consignment sale last year. From Old Navy. Her shorts are Naartjie and sandals are Saltwaters (ebay).

Madeline’s tee is Target, tunic is Misha Lulu (Adelaide has one, too), shorts and sandals are Old Navy.

Arianna’s dress is Matilda Jane and shoes are Pediped (Amazon).  Just realized you can’t actually see them.  Oh well.

Drew: tee – Tea Collection (best washing t-shirts ever), shorts Walmart, shoes Keens (ebay).

(Where’d my chubby toddler boy go?)

Thanks, G!!  On our way home we stopped in the grocery store for a few items for dinner and were in there less than 10 minutes but when we walked out, the heavens opened and DUMPED rain.  That was interesting, me and my huge belly and 4 kids getting to the van with our stuff.  (A little bit wet, you could say.)

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And don’t forget to link up tomorrow with your Fun Mom Friday post!

Four completely random photos from this week, of numbers 2 and 4:

Both happened to be in MJC – my favorite clothes ever – one we’ve had forever (top) and one I traded for (dress).

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Don’t forget!!

Well, the first ones are not from Sunday but Madeline sorta picked out her own outfit one of the last days of school and it was CUTE.

(Top – GapKids from consignment, skirt -Tea Collection, jeggings – Target, t-strap jellies – Old Navy.)

This boy. Won’t stop growing.

(Shirt – miniboden, shorts Shaun White for Target, shoes Keens (ebay).)

From Sunday… girls, mostly in MJC except Madeline’s pants (which I made but you can’t really see), Adelaide’s shoes are saltwaters (ebay) and Arianna’s are Pedipeds (giftcard).

I just noticed her bow’s a little wonky, I think it came home from the nursery that way. ;)

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We’ve been busy finishing up the school year — which, I have to admit, I have mixed feelings about. Yay for no homework! BUT, I’m a little, um, dreading everyone being home all-day-every-day. This is how it is at our house, “shut the door!” They forget. Arianna gets out. I chase her down. “Shut the door!” They forget. It gets hot and the a/c has trouble catching up. Wash, rinse, and repeat fifty million times. That will be my summer. And also, THE BABY. (Relief!)

(SHUT THE DOOR!!!!!!!!!!!)

ANYway, the only outfit photo I took this week was of Madeline. I think this was from Tuesday. Her top is Garnet Hill, I MADE HER RUFFLE PANTS, and her flips are Havaianas, which were a blog prize a while back from Jo-Lynne.

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For school today Madeline wore a Misha Lulu jumper she’s been wearing for well over a year (great thing about dresses/jumpers/tunics, they work for several years) and was perfect for layering on a cool morning. Her knit capris are from Old Navy (another staple) and shoes are Simple, as usual. Her tee has faint polka dots on it and is from Target.

After dropping our carpool friends off, we stopped at home to grab a quick picnic and headed to the park. My sister met us there! (Madeline’s eating black licorice in case you’re wondering.)

Adelaide has been playing “I’m a statue” recently – always hilarious and usually with one eye shut.

Both her and Adelaide’s dress are Matilda Jane (gift from my mom, as is a lot of their MJ). Knit capris from Old Navy and shoes are Saltwaters (ebay).

Arianna’s “playground shoes” were Madeline’s originally – I think they were $5 at Walmart. I throw them in the wash with my whites and they’ve held up surprisingly well.

(She ADORES my phone.)

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I have this pair of Lucky Brand maternity jeans that somehow got mixed in with Dolly’s stash, which I inherited.

(At least I think I remember her mentioning she didn’t know where they came from. Well, they’re MINE NOW. Bwa ha ha ha.)

Anyway, they are Great Pants. Except for one not-so-little detail – the fly had no zipper and was just a folded-over flap of denim. (Think boxer shorts.)

Now, if you know anything about the state of a maternity waistline (or lack thereof), you know things are a bit…um, tight. Enough to pull on ALL the seams of a pair of pants. When there’s an open flap, as it were, things are extra unfortunate.

On Tuesday I mentioned all this to Lisa when we were at Chick-Fil-A in case she happened to wonder why I was obsessively pulling the tank down over the front of my pants. (And, for the record, that’s what I did the majority of Tuesday, held my shirt down. It got tiresome.)

ANY-hoo, I did take the un-lazy way out and stitched the fly shut yesterday. We’re having a bit of a cold snap and so the jeans have been making a reappearance.

I texted her after just so she’d feel better about the state of things concerning my maternity jeans. I shall now offer proof:

And now you can rest easy.

Today is Andy’s 30th birthday so we’ve been running around all morning getting ready. We’re going out to dinner alone but we’ll have a little family party later on. I also squeezed in getting Adelaide’s pictures taken at Penney’s and a quick stop at Kohl’s with my mom. I need a nap. But I did manage to get photos of them this morning so I could play along at Small Style today. So fun.

I actually had two of Drew from this week – on the left he’s wearing his t-shirt from kiddie soccer two falls ago and athletic shorts from Target.  New Balance tennies (Shoe Carnival) and Batman sunglasses he picked out yesterday while we were shopping at Target.  On right, Tea Collection shirt, Oshkosh plaid shorts from who knows how long ago, and Keen sandals (ebay).

Madeline’s top is Old Navy and her shorts are GK/Oshkosh for Target. Shoes are Simple.  (I’m not going to spend the time to find links for all these things that I’ve linked to several times already.)

Adelaide’s tunic/dress and shorties are Matilda Jane.

Arianna’s dress is also Matilda Jane and shoes are Livie & Luca (ebay).

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A friend passed down this dress to Arianna, which I think it came from a local lady that does handmade customs. She called it “a little quirky” and had to know I’d love it. Shoes are Gracious May.

(She’s been doing this thing recently where she holds her hand out, palm up, while she’s “talking” to you. Hilarious.)

Adelaide’s dress is a Misha Lulu that she’s had forever. (Also seen here and here.) Striped top is from Target several years ago, skinny jeans are Old Navy, and red maryjanes are Kid Express.

(Whining to me about how she got hurt outside.)

Madeline’s top is Tea Collection, skinny jeans are Old Navy, and shoes are Simple.

Drew’s scooter tee is Tea Collection from a couple of years ago, jeans are Old Navy, and shoes are New Balance.

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I actually had the little girls buckled into their carseats on Monday in plenty of time to go pick up carpool.  And then I realized the van battery was dead.  Why does stuff like that ALWAYS happen to me?!

Andy wasn’t answering his phone, neighbors weren’t home… I felt so stuck.  Oh, and the church office is closed on Mondays so I couldn’t get a hold of anyone at the school to tell them why I wasn’t there.  Finally I called my sister and she went over and I was able to talk to Madeline’s teacher.  She decided she could get some extra work done and the kids could all wait in her classroom.  I finally got a hold of Andy and he came home and jumped the van and then I was on my way.  Drama.

ANYway, we took the afternoon “off” and relaxed at the playground. I’m using those photos for today’s Small Style at Mama Loves Papa.

Arianna’s dress is Old Navy from last year and shoes are Pedipeds.

Madeline’s tank and shorts are Old Navy and shoes are from Simple.

Drew’s tee is from Old Navy, athletic shorts from Target, shoes are New Balance (from Shoe Carnival). Adelaide’s dress is Tea Collection (another of my favorites).

G’morning! I’m linking up again with this fun little party.

Drew’s tee and shorts are from miniboden (my current favorite for boys who are hard on their clothes).

Arianna’s dress is an older line Matilda Jane (my favorite designer for girls), tee is from Target, and shoes are Livie & Luca (ebay).

My sisters came over for a little while yesterday and they have been dog-watching this little puppy. Arianna was very concerned about the leash. Funny.

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(Kinda like What I Wore Wednesday but for the littles. Yeah, FUN.)

I took my two little girls to the children’s museum on Tuesday and met a friend there.

On Adelaide: dress is MJC, ruffle leggings are from Babies R Us, and jellies are from Old Navy.

On Arianna: tee and top are MJC, ruffle jeans are customs from Emmifaye Boutique (Etsy), and shoes are Livie & Luca.

She was running and tripped head first into the little mini picnic bench – nice forehead, huh?

Pearls are Madeline’s, I think they came from Walmart. I love how Arianna knew exactly what to do with them. :)

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trying to take photos of yourself

in a mirror maze?

(new haircut, by request)

So much FUN.