I’m definitely one of those people that associates the seasons with what I get to wear!  I’ve been missing my boots, so….I thought I’d break them out! Oh, hey-there’s my ASS!  😉  Never in a million years would I have thought I would post a picture of my butt.  BUT, really…I never would have thought I’d post a pictures of me PERIOD!  The beauty of the anonymity of this blog 🙂  All that said, I had to show a close up of these jeans.  I found these Wrangler jeans while thrifting, and they are SO COMFY!  I think most people (me included!) think of Wranglers as being cowboy/cowgirl jeans.  Well, like Levi’s, there’s a reason they started with people that needed to work and move in their denim.  And…the Huz liked them on me, so… 🙂 I scored these Dr. Martens for Maya for less than $5!!  And this little vintage dress was a less than $2!  I’ve been dying to pair this outfit together for a while, and it was just as good in reality as it was in my mind haha!

Oh, and…I Photoshopped out my ginormous road rash on my knee from falling while running.  I had to.  I was too lazy to do it on ALL of the rest of them, but this close up?  I couldn’t force you to look at it! DYING!!!We walked over to my parents to say hi, and then they walked back home with us to see Charlie’s Quad in action that he got for his birthday.And then…my dad took these of us, because the swinger gets dizzy, but the swingee does not 🙂On me…

And….every once in a while she says “NO PICTURES!!!!” Thankfully, it’s more of a rarity than a common occurence!!!  hahaha  It should be noted that the time between this image and her smiling HUGE up above…3 minutes 😉

 I’m sure you can tell just by looking at it.  This dress is so unbelievably comfortable!  Not only is it like wearing a nightgown, but a super soft stretchy one-WIN!!I attempted to twirl to show you how cool and flowy it is…I failed haha, but trust me. 😉 I’ll leave the twirling to Maya 🙂 Her hair…that natural sun kissed, never been cut, ombre that people pay a a buttload to get.  LOVE! Living next to my parents and being able to take our eveing walks with them…priceless.On me…

 It’s been SO hot here in Seattle lately, that neither of us really have wanted to go to the beach.  It’s all about finding some shade to play in, and luckily we have a few wading pool near us that are mixed in shade and sun.  But…we both have missed the beach.  We had ONE cloudy day last week, and we made the most of it! I also got confirmation yesterday that a spot I found on my back is skin cancer- basal cell carcinoma (aka, the “good” skin cancer, if there really is such a thing).  The Dr. seemed pretty confident that we caught it early, and it will all be good.  Trying to just be thankful that I noticed it early, but cursing all my bad skin care for the first 30+ years of my life.  Not exactly the birthday present I wanted as I head into my birthday weekend… But things could definitely be worse.  Using this as a wake up call to appreciate everything that I have.

Which is this… “Look Mommy, it’s an x!”  And…she did! On me…

 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…

Sadly…the licking phase has not ended 😉