Happy Easter

It should come as no surprise that finding the just right outfits for H&A to wear on Easter was a big thing for me, and that I began searching in early February. Luckily, I timed my search just right and found the perfect outfits at Janie and Jack during their big sale (friends and family, I think). It was one of those golden spotlight from heaven/birds singing on my shoulder/rainbows and unicorns kind of awesome when there was a sale with an extra sale reduction and a coupon. Have I mentioned that I live for those?

Anyway, Anna's dress was originally $99 and is a beautiful plaid silk. I got it for right around $20! It was a dress from last year's Easter collection that the store had lying around. All of her accessories (tights, shoes, headband, and purse) were also on major price reduction. Awesome!
We found a coordinating button-up shirt at J&J for Henry, which was also on sale ($7 maybe?) and some very handsome tan nubuck dress shoes for him at a steal price too. We already had his belt, khakis, and cap from another J&J sale. The only thing we paid full price for was his darn pink silk tie. I couldn't find one that I liked at a cheaper price, so we just sucked it up and bought it. I am glad we did. It really made his outfit.

We took them plus our new baby ducks Donatello and April (can you tell they like the Ninja Turtles?) to the Botanic Gardens and did a little photo shoot before Easter.

Gosh they're cute.

 

A serious one and a goofball

Title says it all. Anna can be a goofball too, but she is far more often our serious and moody one.
She is wearing the "Pink Lady" tee from Matilda Jane, along with the Blithe ruffle pants I got from a Matilda Jane resale page on Facebook. Before they arrived, I had no idea that they were velour pants, and I was a bit disappointed by that. Anna, however, loves them. The soft material is perfect for my little sensory girl. Her sandals are Mini Mia that I got at Nordstrom Rack before she came home. They are a size 6, but were too big last spring and summer (even though she was wearing a 6 then). Now they are nearly too small, so I'm going to put them on her as much as possible.

Henry is wearing a Tea Collection tee shirt that was part of the Korea line they did several years ago. He had a few pieces as a toddler, but he outgrew them all. After much searching, I finally found this shirt and the "Seoul" one as a set on ebay in size 5. He's kind of a peanut, and most size 4's either fit or are big on him. Tea Collection runs small, so this 5 fits. I hope he can wear it for awhile! He seems to be making the same face as the fish on his shirt.

Pretty {Grumpy}

Oh Anna. So very beautiful. So very spirited. :)

Henry was taking his tae kwon do lesson, so I thought it would be a great time to do a little photo session with Anna.

Not so much.

She was not into it.

At all.

In fact, I could barely get her to stand up. She became boneless at the very thought of posing for pictures. I pretty much forced her to stand up for me, but she told me "I not gonna smile." (Add in a few grunting noises too).

Here's the best of what I got.

 

 

 

Her adorable Asian girl dress is by Servane Barrau. I am crazy about anything Asian for the kids...because they are Asian?? Hmm. When I type it, it seems weirder than I think it actually is. Anyway, I saw this dress and HAD to get it for Anna. The leggings are from The Children's Place, and her well-worn, much loved shoes are Baby Gap. 

 

A Girl's Best Friend is....new SHOES!

I just recently scored some awesome new shoes for my gal. The first pair is from Target for $15. I usually like to wait for sales, but I went ahead and snatched them because I have a feeling they won't be around anymore when the clearance sales hit. The reason is because they perfectly coordinate with the spring Matilda Jane Good Hart line!

 

 

 

I know there are other mamas out there who want shoes to go with all the adorbs Good Hart stuff that we keep buying (even as we wonder how we'll pay our bills). :)  I know that the "thing" to do is to pay 50 or more dollars and buy those really cute Livie and Luca shoes to go with MJ, but I just can't. I won't. Matilda Jane outfits will have good resale for me, but shoes...forget it. Anna DESTROYS hers. No resale value there. So I will stick with $25 or less for shoes thankyouverymuch.

 

That brings me to the other pair of shoes I scored for Anna. Actually, my husband scored them. He went to Marshall's to look for Crocs for Henry and came back with a great pair of Oilily mary janes that he found on the clearance rack for $10! They are a size too big for her, but that's fine. I'm hoping she'll be able to wear them next spring, or maybe even late this summer.

 

 

 

 

Oilily stuff is so cute and always has fun little details.  Good job hubby!

Already messed up

So annoyed. I really wanted to do a daily (or very frequent) post of their outfits, but I've already messed up. The previous post today about jeans was actually from Monday this week, but I never managed to complete and post it. This post is about what they wore on Wednesday. Have I mentioned that today is Saturday? What a great start I've gotten off to. Oh well, what does it really matter? This is a shopping/clothing blog for Pete's sake. :)

Anyway, as I mentioned, their outfits in this post were actually from Wednesday when we went to church. I put Anna in her Matilda Jane Platinum "Fresh Brew" knot dress, which was an Ebay find. I paired it with the MJ Popcorn ruffles, and I think it's so adorable! She has worn this set twice, and she got lots of compliments. I threw a huge flower headband on her (can't remember where I got it), and her Lelli Kelly sneakers, which she is sadly about to outgrow.

Henry wanted to wear his new Baby Gap outlet tee, which has a bear's face on it. The cool part is that the bear's mouth unzips to reveal a menacing mouth full of teeth. As soon as I saw this shirt, I knew I had to buy it because Henry would love it. I also picked up some matching blue shorts, but it was a little chilly to wear them Wednesday, so we stuck with Henry's Children's Place jeans. His Adidas Neo sneakers are a surprising exact match for this shirt. Love it when that happens!

Here's how they take pictures. One will smile really cute and the other looks distressed/angry/goofy/anything but smiling.

See what I mean?

 

Henry wanted to show the camera how his bear shirt works.

 



 

Awesome, no?

 



A jeans kind of day

Today was one of those running to the grocery store kind of days. We actually went to Target and Walmart today with a trip home in the middle for a nap and to let an AT&T technician come over to set up our new internet service.

I got Henry dressed first this morning in jeans and a tee shirt (is there a more perfect thing for a little boy to wear, really?).  He's going through a long phase where he will neither look at the camera nor smile. Sigh.  His tee shirt is cool...it has a clear plastic "window" and a toy gecko inside. He loves it, of course. His jeans are Children's Place, which I got so cheap a few weeks ago. They actually fit him very well. He is also sporting his new Adidas Neo sneakers, which he thinks match everything in his closet. Not true, but try to tell him that.

 

Upon seeing that her brother was wearing jeans, Anna immediately began chanting, "I want to wear jeans, too!" I mean, can you blame her? Jeans really are comfy. Plus, she has a major obsession with pockets. So, we threw on her Baby Gap mini skinny jeans, which fit her better than anything, and added a Mini Boden peacock shirt that we scored from a Facebook resale page. The pink glitter Toms don't really match, but she insisted.

 

 

 

 

A closet pic and getting started

  I am a hardcore shopper. HARDCORE, people. I absolutely love shopping, especially for the kids. Now that we are on one income, however, I have to be careful how we spend our money. I constantly look for sales and deals so that they can be dressed as adorably as possible, but within our budget. I'm not going to lie, however, and say that I've never blown that budget way out of the water, because we all know how easily that can happen. I do get a huge rush when I get something on sale with an extra amount off on top of that! Bargain shopaholics like me live for those moments.
  My goals for this blog are to: 1) share bits of our life with readers 2)share daily pics of what outfits the kids are wearing each day 3)share shopping bargains/hits and misses as I come across them.

Here is Anna's closet. I admit that I get a real kick out of going in there, throwing open the double doors, and seeing all of her adorable stuff. The top row is all dresses, with coats/jackets in the back. The bottom row are her nicer tops and skirts. Her dresser, which is not pictured, holds all of her underwear, leggings/tights, PJs, jeans, and play clothes. Henry's closet is not nearly as full, or as neat, but I will get a pic of it soon. He currently has a situation from me dumping out a storage bin so that our ducklings could have a place to live. So for now, you'll have to just enjoy Anna's closet only.