Smaller Style
This is a good, old fashioned kid's style post for you. I'm bringing style posts back into rotation on the regular now, mark my words. Did you know this blog started because I thought kids' style is just the cutest? They can pull off the BEST outfits and beam a little smile over at a camera, and voila! A beautiful moment captured. Love it.
Photo: Indu Huynh for Delighted Magazine
Dress: ShopBelle // Hat: Zara // Jacket: Gap hand me down; similar here.
There are some dresses that are special. You take them out of their package and there is something different about them... ShopBelle has the best supply of these kind of dresses and Sophie was thrilled and honored to have received one...
The material is fancy and soft, there are gold stars, and those gold stars sparkle. She breathed in a bit when she saw it. She put it on and immediately began to twirl with enchanted smile of excitement on her face. Her birthday dress was here.
The kind of dress that a little girl who dreams of ballerinas and princesses wants to wear over, and over, and over. She's been talking about the day she will get to wear it, and how those gold stars will sparkle.
I love childhood. The enchantment. The imagination.
We are so endlessly grateful to ShopBelle for sending this gorgeous dress. It will be worn to bits, each time with love.
Dress // Hat // Shoes (similar)
Much thanks to Indu Huynh for the beautiful photos above. Her portfolio is GORGEOUS.
ShopBelle provided this dress for my girl, and we adore it. All opinions are genuinely our own.
Today we were walking past a million leaves and my children begged us to let them play for five minutes with the leaves. The begging was unnecessary. It was a dreamy scenario for any kid and we had nowhere to be {ahhh, I'm savoring the blissful last days before school begins and forces us to adhere to regimented schedules}, so obviously we said yes.
Also obviously, I took pictures of every bit of their excitement. It was one of those moments where our hearts were all so bright and content and grateful all at once.
(Maggie didn't quite realize that when said 1-2-3!!! It meant it was time to throw the leaves).
xoxo.
The boys get the shaft on my blog, but I know that not everyone has only girls in their family! I assembled some fall favorite wardrobe picks for BOYS today! There is soooo much good stuff out there. Parents of boys, shop away!
Next year I'll plan further in advance so I'm not spending all of my cleaning-the-house time making costumes, but I'm pretty happy with the way our last-minute costumes turned out! Halloween is so crazy fun. It's the best holiday of the year for Facebook and Instagram, in my opinion. I can't get enough of my friends and their kids in their amazing costumes. You with me?
(ps. this isn't a legit backdrop. it's just cloud tissue paper I was planning to use with the golden gate bridge costume that didn't work, so we used it for a photo op instead!)
It's a lovely holiday {who SAYS that? With its ghosts and goblins, perhaps the word "lovely" is an overstatement, but with tiny kids, it really does feel lovely}, and it's fabulous getting our fair share of sugar for the house for the year. Maggie hooked us up with toddler handfuls at each house. She's little enough to go for the double dose and people said "aww, it's fine" rather than "no, only one!!" Got to love the double standard.
People had their brilliant Halloween marketing going on the streets too- pens with business names for the parents, toothbrushes with dentists' phone numbers, etc. I'm good with it all. Starting a business is tough work, so you may as well market your little heart out when you can! ;)
Our costumes were the last-minute type that Heidi Klum says she would rather stay in than wear, ;)... but I'm okay with that. The surprising thing? Sophie got rave reviews on her bridge. I mean, people were stopping her left and right with compliments. It was strange for us because we're always the blend-right-in costumers that no one notices, so I was feeling pretty good about this. It may actually motivate us to put MORE effort in next year... I already told Brian that he WILL be in costume next year.
So with all this new found love for Halloween {compliments do wonders, folks!}, I'm still happy it's over. It got chilly here... chilly is relative, I know... and I'm ready for some holiday music and gift-buying!! YES.
Confession? We got coffee from Starbucks this morning and part of it has to do with the red cups. I know I'm not the only one. Those schemes are hugely successful... props to them for being marketing geniuses!
And happy Friday!
Is Sophie a fan of her Halloween costume?
Yes, yes she is. ;)
She requested today... firmly... that for Halloween she would like a Golden Gate Bridge costume. Brian and I suggested grapes. We have a purple hat and everything... all we'd need is to clothe her in purple or green, blow up balloons to tape all over, and voila! Grapes! We'll be doing the strawberry version for Maggie, so they could be fruit themed.
Nope. Golden Gate Bridge. Or a cracker {she's realized how endless the possibilities for Halloween are, so crackers were the closest inanimate object}.
Shortly after the conversation, the doorbell rang. Honest diapers at our service...
{side note to those wondering: we did start potty training, but two successes in three days made us realize we should hold off a few months and try again!}.
More important than the diapers themselves? The BOX. Okay, Sophie. Golden Gate Bridge it is. The box settled it.
Happy Halloween Eve! Here's to hoping I can finish Maggie's strawberry costume the morning of!! Nothing like waiting 'til the last minute, right?
