I had a work meeting earlier in the day and brought Maya.  Let’s just pretend I had time to take these before the meeting when I wasn’t a wrinkled mess 😉 “I’m flying mommy!” Maya grabbed this top out of my dresser when I was getting dressed.

Maya- “Wear this!”

Me- “Well, it’s my shirt…”

Maya- “It’s a princess dress for Peanut!!” as she’s attempting to put it on…Um..ok.  And so she wore it as a dress haha. “The letter D!”

On me…

She’s quick that one… 🙂

 As the weather gets nicer, my “neighborhood shots” are going to get a little more embarrassing.  Thankfully, I’ve already had to explain “what I’m doing” to a lot of them already.  This day, we were playing with our neighbors, and I’m like “Don’t mind me…just going to bang out a few pictures”, whipped out my tripod and there we go.  haha 🙂  For the 3 of my friends and family that follow this blog, they will know that this shot is totally me.  Head back laugh… 🙂 I think we all know by now that an interesting back is my downfall… 🙂 Yup, that’s Maya’s “I’m going in for a hug” look.  This time it was my neighbor getting the hug, not me 🙂 I had to laugh when I saw this one.  This is so a me mannerism!  Littel foot twist.  So funny! “Mommy, I’m running in the grass!”  Yes, you are 🙂  Too bad it’s a neighbor that wasn’t present 😐 On me…

When you are shooting with your neighbors and Maya just wants to play…this is what we get 🙂  Especially when her favorite neighbor boy had a stick!!! 😉

 We have an annual pass to the zoo, so it’s someplace we go fairly often.  I was kind of on the fence about it, because it totally makes me sad to see all the animals caged up.  On the other hand, Maya absolutely loves it, so… I caved.And can we talk about these boots?  I’ve LOVED/OBSESSED about them from afar for sooooo long.  Someone I follow on Instagram was cleaning out her closet, and had these in my size for a quarter of the price!!  I’d call that fate.  haha 😉And they are comfy too-WIN!! We chilled at the park while we were waiting for our friends.  Am I the only mean mom that has found the only park near her without swings?  Maya would stay in them the entire time, and not run around..which is totally the point of going to the park, no??  Sadly, most parks have them.  It’s fun to see her so happy though…I told Maya she had to give one of the sticks to her friend.  She totally analyzed them before giving her the one she didn’t want haha.  Seriously, she has NO FEAR!  I told her she could go look at the peacock, and she totally wanted to pet it!  I may have very calmly grabbed her and then ran. :}My friend took this with my phone of us on a little break.  “Mommy sit?  Mommy cuddle?”  Done and done 🙂

On me…

I mean, who wants to take pictures when there’s a Zoo to go to?!  Obviously not Maya 🙂

 I know most people would wear dresses on Easter, but that’s really not me… No problems putting them on Maya though haha.  She’s totally in the “princess dress” phase.  Basically, if I call it a “Princess Dress” she will put it on 🙂  Her Aunt and cousin brought over this dress so that the cousins could match.  It was pretty cute 🙂 This is what she had on earlier for the neighborhood Easter egg hunt though… Successful egg gathering! Surveying the loot (in a private spot of course haha) On me…

I went to college in the 90’s when grunge was at it’s height of fashion.  I loved thrift stores almost more back then, than I do now.  Mostly out of necessity, but also for the thrill of the hunt like today.  One of the things I used to love to find and wear were army pants.  Like…actual US Military Army pants.  They were always so perfectly worn in and soft, and I loved the extra large pockets.  Made me feel dainty, which when you’re 5’8 is a total plus 🙂

 Anywho!  I found these “Army Pants” by Current Elliott on Twice (online resale store that has great stuff and repeatedly sends coupons!) for $21.  I had a $10 coupon from a prior purchase, so I jumped on them.  I wasn’t disappointed.  They fit exactly like the true army pants!  I like that they are a different spin on the boyfriend jean too… While we are talking about nostalgia, how about these Dr. Scholls!??  I remember my mom wearing them in the 70’s, so when they kind of came back in the 90’s I snatched up a few pairs.  Ok…I got 3 colors haha.  Of course I still have them.  I figure if Birks are making a comeback, these should too! Maya’s totally into holding my face right now.  She says “Awe…nice!”  Yet, sometimes it’s not so gentle :{ Dying over this little top from Little Boogaweezin!  She’s offering 30% off all baby/kids clothing on Friday when you use the code SURPRISE.  Such cute stuff for both baby and Mama!Dancing in the leaves… On me…