If there is one thing I’ve always loved in fashion, it’s the dichotomy of dressy vs uber casual. In my college days, I loved thrifting vintage fur jackets and beaded cardigans and pairing them with beat up old jeans or army pants (yes, I’ve been thrifting for 20+ years!!). And, let’s be honest. A lot of us work from home or stay at home mom’s have leftover NICE clothing from our days before we were moms! It’s just sad to see them sitting there in the closet! So, mix them in to the daily wardrobe! This also goes to all those working moms. I know on the weekends you don’t even want to LOOK at your work clothes, but…look at them in a new way. Your clothes can do double duty for you!
And now…20 years later, I’m still loving it. There’s a part of me that never wants to go back to the corporate life that I lived, but…a part of me that misses dressing up every day. SO…why as moms (or NOT!) can’t we mix our lives of dressing up, yet not??? Especially when you spend so much money on said clothing.
Mix and match!!! Or more importantly, bring back a little bit of the life you had before with the one you have now. 🙂
And a little snazzy belt never hurts! 🙂 
Maya was seriously in rare form off to the side 🙂 
So, clearly, it was time to bring her in! 
There are no words for how glad I am that I have these images…
Who remembers doing this as a kid??!! 
I almost considered this a blooper, but her face….LOVE!!!
Oh, and matching!! 🙂 
She literally picked a bouquet of dandelions and threw them up in the air. I felt like I needed to apologize to my neighbors!! Whoops.
Ummmm, some dandelion seeds fell on my shoulder….?! 😉 
On me…
And, sometimes, we spin out of control haha 🙂 
And after that puddle….shoes came off 😉 
Literally, right before this, Maya had been saying “NO PICTURES!!!”
I WIN!!! 🙂
My mom took all of the images of me and me with Maya because my car got broken into, and they took my tripod. I mean, WHO steals a tripod??!! But…they left the more expensive flash that I randomly had left in one of the seat pockets, so I guess I’ll just say thank you. In any case…I took some of my mom with Maya too, and this is now one of my new favorites of them!
And because I loved it so much, I wanted to see if my mom could get one of me and Maya like this. BUT…if there is one thing I know as a photographer. You can very rarely replicate an image that you want. BUT…love these too 🙂
On me…
And…putting leaves on my head is way more fun than giving me a kiss. 😉 
She thought it was hilarious to stand here and wait for the waves to come splashing on her!
It’s spring break, and I have a lot of work to catch up on, so…no links for clothing (sorry!)
We had just been to a birthday party earlier (face paint below explained!), and then ran a few errands afterwards. Maya fell asleep in the car, so I went back and grabbed my camera with the thought of grabbing a few pictures of me, because I’ve been eyeing this location. She woke up after a bit.
And then….!!
I can’t even… That face! And, the face painting. Just kills me. 
It’s hard waking up…
And can we talk about comfy?? Also a WIN!!
And…throw on some booties and a leather jacket-DATE NIGHT!
And…a neighbor walking by with her dog? Don’t mind me… 
Yes, she’s sticking her tongue out at me ha!
This is her “flexing her muscles” haha.
Literally, NO dog can go past us without Maya wanting to pet them. And then the next question…”Do you have any treats I can give them?” She loves dogs! 
Gymnastics balancing in full force, but cannot let go of pine cone 😉 
Hmmmm, think she’s done? 😉
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!??
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!!
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…
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