Pops of color….and honest motherhood. |

I’ve mentioned before that I don’t usually intentionally match with Maya. She still vetos half the stuff I try at first, but for the time being I still pick out what she wears.

In any case… What I’m in the mood for, she gets in the mood for too. And, I’ll admit that if we are taking pics, I’ll maybe adjust what one of us is wearing so it compliments the other.

Usually, MY outfits are pretty basic with a pop of something. Oh, orange shoes??! Don’t mind if I do! Especially when they are thrifted for $5!!

I know from talking to friends and being on social media that having a 3 year old is no joke. Whoever coined the phrase “terrible two’s” was a cruel person, because that totally ruined all of us that thought we totally nailed the 2 year phase!! Maya was seriously the sweetest, funniest, smartest (ok, I’m slightly biased) kid up until about 3.5. After we passed the 2 year mark and then some, I thought “I totally got this!!!” And then…

Tantrums. Defiance. Being stubborn (ok, I own that). RUDENESS. It all came with a vengeance.

Looking back on it now, there were other things going on, so maybe that was it too? It wasn’t a good time for either of us. I didn’t even really want to take pics of us. I felt like it would be a big fraud if I took pictures of me loving on her and us having fun, when…well, we were, but not like we used to…

And then….4th of July weekend was a turning point. I can’t pin point what happened. There was fun stuff, but we’d done fun stuff before. But, we started the weekend with a dinner over at my parents, then the 4th, and then a quiet day. From there on out, it’s been business as usual, but….business as usual from a few months ago. AND I LOVE IT!! I know she does too!! Love, love, LOVE this next one 🙂 I posted this next shot on Instagram as a little sneak peek and it’s my most liked photo to date. Weird, huh? Ok, there are a LOT of pics in the next sequence, but I love all her dance moves!! I’m not a big filter person, but I wanted to have fun on this next one. I like it… 🙂 No filter on the next one…Just haziness from the fires in British Columbia.On me…