If there is one thing I could tell my teen/20/30 year old self (and actually listen to!!) it would be to not tan!  Ugh, I did it all (baby oil, no sun screen at all, tanning beds!)!  As pale as I am now, I really do have olive skin that gets niiiiice and tan, BUT it’s not worth it!  The skin cancer scares (heaven forbid they become a reality!), the wrinkles, the age spots!!!  SO glad that hats are all the rage now! She could throw rocks for hours…No, she did not make these cairns.  How cool are they though!! I had to tell her numerous times how special they were and not to take them and throw the rocks in the ocean ;}She loves collecting “eggs”On me…

 I wasn’t planning taking pics of us this day.  I had a shoot earlier, and on my way home to pick up Maya from my parents house I saw these gorgeous fluffy clouds over the skyline.  Since I already had my camera in the car, basically I had to take pics of us in front of this backdrop haha. On me…

Let’s file this under “self timer fail” 😉

 Green is my favorite color, so the only problem on St. Patrick’s day is deciding what green item I want to wear! Yup, this is usually what’s going on when I take the pictures of just me 🙂 And…sometimes it takes a while before she’ll be interested in me again haha. And then SHE wanted to push the button, but not get in the picture.

“Mommy, I take a picture of YOU!

No, you wait there, I’ll wait here.

Ok, now let’s push the button and see what it looks like!”

What have I created 😉

(below pic taken by Maya ;))Love it when I catch her mid groove!  She’s always busting a move!So, funny story.  Last night I paused a movie that we were watching and I told Maya it was time to go up and take a bath.  She looked at me and said-

“I’m going to count to 3…and then…you will turn that back on!”

It took everything I had in me not to laugh.  Good grief.  I’m in for it…On me…

Well, that idea clearly didn’t work… 😉

 We’ve had uncharacteristically sunny weather lately, but this past weekend Seattle decided to show us what we all know and love.  Ok…know 🙂  We had a slight break on Saturday right before we were headed out to the store.  So…why not take advantage?  haha.Oh, you’re wondering if I’ve showered?  No, I had not 😉  And truth be told, this was my entire weekend outfit.  Meaning, I wore it Saturday, slept in the top, then put the jeans back on Sunday!  And… that’s real life 😉 Oh, and do you recognize this outfit on Maya from the Paleo Chocolate Mint Bars?  Yup, since it was raining, we made those later in the afternoon!  She also found these two mini pencils in the back of my car.  No idea where they came from since I don’t remember mini golfing recently, and I certainly haven’t gone REAL golfing 🙂 It’s a hard lesson…the picking of flowers.  I tell her not to pick any flowers that are in people’s yards.  Our flowers are ok ( um, their mostly weeds and wild flowers! ;{ ).  But, I tell her that she can pick weeds along the side walk.  SO, of course she always does.  And gives them to me 🙂I love EVERYTHING about this next shot!!!On me…

Shoes- AirWalk (thrifted, similar here)

Ok, and then the wind picked up…

 And…I apologize if you now have Old MacDonald stuck in your head… :}

I really am so lucky that Maya is a total cuddle bug.  Today…was not one of those days though haha.  She just wanted to run and play, and really.  I can’t blame her! “Look Mommy, it’s a see saw!”  Um…Ok, I had to try.  Hahaha.  She was having none of it! 😉 Just wanting to throw sand… ;{Seriously dying over this vintage cardigan.  I rarely find vintage stuff in Maya’s size that’s in good condition.  I’ve scored a few things recently though.  This is gorgeous, and it will transition perfectly into summer! And then she spotted Seagulls.The poor seagulls.  Can’t enjoy their lunch in peace.  These two had a baseball sized shell of some sort.  They kept flying up in the air and then dropping it in the hopes of smashing the shell.  I almost got nailed in the head!  I was totally scared Maya would get hit, except they wanted to be as far away from her as possible haha.Part of a crab that another seagull had eaten…Gosh, sometimes it amazes me how big she’s getting.  She’s more than half of me now!! ;{Ok, on first look, I thought this seagull was flying right at my head (look closely in the water)!!  I have a slight fear of birds…On me…

This is one of those moments that might look really sweet, but any Mom looking closely knows.  Not sweet.  Maya had just thrown a handful of sand in my face, and then…the shutter went off.