It had been raining off an on most of Easter Day for us. To tell the truth, this was the first year we didn’t do any kind of Egg hunt. Maya never asked, and one of her best friends had a birthday party on Saturday (when most of the neighborhood community hunts were) so… Not sure if I should chalk that up as a mom fail, or a mom win, because…less candy!
We did make a delicious Lemon Pudding Cakes, and honestly, I think she had more fun making those. Or so I’m telling myself!!
ANYWAYS. My parents came over for dinner, and afterwards, there was a break in the rain! I asked my mom if she wanted to go out and take a few pics, and thankfully the answer is almost always yes! Like Mother, like daughter. Ok, I take it up a notch, but whatever.
Oh, and did I mention these were after dinner….and a couple glasses of wine? 😉
I get clients all the time that worry about double chins etc. Um…I say if you are laughing and happy-WHO CARES!
Maya was in RARE form!! Seriously, cracking us both up-as always.
Loooooove this next one. Her looking back up at me…dying.
And then…. a little dance off?
I totally love this one, except for the fact that my head looks GINORMOUS!??
Oh, well. Still love it. Ok, really…love her 🙂
I triiiiiiiiied to take that gum wrapper out of her hands. She’s obsessed with gum. I kid you not, she probably has 5-6 pieces a day (sugar free!). And she loves to hold onto the wrapper. So, she can spit it out after 10 minutes and give it back to me haha 😉
She loooooves her Meme!!
On me…
SO…truth be told, I took the shots above the morning after the ones below. As in no shower, no make up, puffy eyes…yet, when I had 10 free minutes (forgive me)!!!! BECAUSE…I attempted to take shots the night before, and no go. Honestly, I was just going to scrap the post, but I thought, NO! I thought this might work, and it didn’t. Someone else might think it does. SO…I’m posting anyways.
Then… She suddenly snapped out of her funk and wanted to play! Which…is great, but can you just imagine for a second me climbing down a rocky path to follow her in this outfit??!! With my camera??! The entire time, I thought I was only going to snap a few of just me!
We’ve been to/I’ve talked about this particular beach before. It’s ever changing. People bring things here and there, and it’s always a surprise as to what you will find. She found some dinosaurs this time, and was in heaven. She loooooves dinosaurs!!
Obviously, we leave everything right where it is for the next people to enjoy 🙂
And of course, I brought bubbles. Those are always my fall back 😉 
Because… 🙂
And then.
On me…
I’m kind of obsessed with cropped denim lately, and the more flare I can get the better. These…not as flared as I wanted, but since they are my favorite denim, I’ll wear them no matter what!
I was on the fence on the asymmetrical design of this top. I’m usually all for “out of the ordinary” when it comes to design, and…I’m glad I went for it. Love the sides of this top!
Soooooo, this was one of those days that Maya was NOT in the mood. AT FIRST. I asked her if she wanted to go play somewhere, and she had a most definitive “NO!”
And…. this is what she wore to gymnastics free play. I always let her pick what she wants to wear. At this point, that is the going rule always. But…for free play gymnastics, she has the option of her normal leotard (mandatory for actual class), or tights and a top. Today, she chose ALL PINK. I am really not much of a pink gal, but Maya….she’s ALL IN! I swear, she looks like a Pepto Bismol bottle some days, and…I just let it go. Because, if she’s happy, I’m happy. Which…took a while, and if I’m honest, isn’t completely true haha. 😉 
Her hair too. It was down for gymnastics, and then half way through, she was like…
Oh, and that stamp on her neck? Yeah…they get stamps at the end of class, and Maya always wants them on the back of her neck, forehead, feet, and now…neck. I feel like maybe the fact that I have tattoos might bite me in the ass… ;}
I can’t even tell you how much I love this next image. GAH! She is just too freaking sweet.
Like…this.
And, I’ll just file this look under “things to expect in the teenage years….” 
Classic Maya… 😉 
What you need…
I mean…
Who loves the dough of cookies even more than the actual cookies? We sure do!! I know everyone’s all scared of salmonella, but I grew up eating cookie dough, and I’m just fine. I even remember they used to sell cookie dough cones at Mrs. Fields!! Yup, I used to get them-SO GOOD 🙂 No chance they could do that now!
Riiiiiiight about now, it started raining. Maya’s in this stage where she does NOT like to get her hair wet. As long as she has a hood or an umbrella, she’s totally fine. But she was having NO MORE pictures after this….
So, we headed over to my parents. This is the only real picture I got of her adorable dress ;{
Because…hahaha. Clearly…not in the mood.
After we were leaving, she did her butt dance for them, which always makes her happy 🙂
On me…
We have a new game where Maya stands behind me, and then I spin around and catch her. It really isn’t a game, but she cracks up endlessly, so…there you go. It’s our game! 
I mean….that light shining down on her? LOVE!!!
We tried doing bubbles for a bit, but it was still pretty windy, and they all just flew away so fast! 
I wear them all the time now, because…duh, rain. 
I want to eat her up!!! 
I’ve been dying to get a shot of Maya and me jumping in a puddle! I wasn’t sure how it would work with the shutter release, but we went for it, and got these!! 
LOVE THEM!!! 
She soooooooo wanted to jump in before I let her 🙂
And, of course…totally out of focus, because…that’s how the day went, BUT…I’ve been dying for these shoes to finally fit her!!
No happy go lucky Maya. She got into my bag and found her snack the minute we got there. She’s trying to open it in the shot above, which is why the shot is blurry. I said she could have it a little later after we played for a bit, but of course…she tried to open it on her own, and…spilled everywhere. There is no 5 second rule here….
Of course crows and seagulls came!
And at first, she thought it was cool… 
On me…
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