random randos

olive had fun playing dress up at the hunts during a play date 

 henry went up a stair or two and then turned around to sit down

it was really cute and a little scary

 little matchie girls

eleanor HATED this shirt until she learned olive had the same one

 henry was wondering where his matching outfit was..

 homework never looked so pretty

as it did right before ballet

 olive was curling my hair before bed and noah loves to photo bomb 

 we thought olive needed an immunization for kindergarten

but the doctors office was wrong...again...we really need to switch doctors

but olive was happy to be off the hook

 i am completely in love with the vintage dresses my mom gave me from my grandma's house

i love all of these dresses!!!

 henry tackled eleanor and pulled her hair trying to get her corn dog the other day

so i got him his own and he ate almost the entire thing

 the babies were in their tummies

these two have so much fun together

alone time at target and my first top knot in a long time

holla!

 olive rocked her kindergarten assessment today

and eleanor was right behind her trying to do everything just like her

monkey see monkey do with these two

 i was washing henry's bumper and he kept sticking his legs through the bars 

and getting stuck during his naps....

 michael was so sweet and came home from work a little early today

right as i was doing some yard work so he helped me prune the tree in the front 

such a darling

 noah and hazel made their own afternoon snack today

isn't it the cutest? 

 henry was so, so proud of himself for climbing up on this little chair

until he realized he couldn't get down

then he started to panic

i love this little family of mine

they make me so happy

just a couple of (bigger) kittens

i just love seeing our girls in matching clothes

it can be hard to find matching things in their sizes these days now that hazel's bigger

but costco had their pajamas on sale 

so matching poodle jammies it is!

 they are getting so big

i am so grateful these girls have each other

here's a little side by side from almost 19 months ago and now

i love that they sat in the same order

it's fun to see how much they've grown and changed

this was back before we'd ever cut olive's hair

back before we knew eleanor had CURLY hair

and the last time hazel let me cut her hair short

i love our book end boys and three girls in the middle

it's so fun

 i'll admit being a mom to five is definitely not easy these days

but i love it anyway

and cute jammies help :)

weekend wear

saturday we did some shopping
and this is what i wore

boots: steve madden skirt: h&m sweater: old navy belt: jcrew

sunday is church

this is what i wore

shoes: forever 21 dress (and tights): target, belt: old navy

i have at least 20 pounds i want to lose from pregnancies

and a lot of tightening up in the mid section to do

having eleanor really changed things since she was 

huge and late my body stretched out way more than normal

but i am on my way

and have lost over 40 lbs since having her

and i'm hoping outfit posts will be a good motivator

how to trick your girly girl to wear her brother's old nikes

 when we were buying noah's tennis shoes for kindergarten

i purposely bought neutral shoes 

so they could be passed down to his sisters

i figured if we were spending $30 on kid shoes

we should get some use out of them

noah wore them all last year

and they're still in pretty good shape

but they aren't quite girly enough for hazel's taste

so i bought a pink sharpie to color in the nike signs

 but it didn't cover well enough

so i also tried some fabric paint

which also didn't cover as well as i was hoping

 so i figured i'd give it one last try

and hope i hadn't ruined these shoes

and i used nail polish on top

nail polish did the trick

they look more filled in and silky now
and hazel is excited about them

two dollar skirt

being poor can make dressing how you want to hard

and so can having four babies

but alas, we went to a garage sale today

and i found this skirt for $2

i'm in love with it

i'm pretty positive this skirt was handmade

which is making me think i should make a few more of them

i love the length and

 it even has pockets!

(don't mind the scowl, the sun was getting the best of me)

i also got this necklace that ties all cute in the back with ribbon

at the same garage sale for $1

and this shirt was recently purchased for $3 at DI

yay for cheap clothes
that get me through the poor college/haven't lost all the baby weight times

lucky michael

this girls swimsuit was on gilt yesterday

and luckily it was sold out before i knew it

or i would have been seriously tempted 

to spend $55 on a swimsuit for hazel

it's possibly the cutest thing i have ever seen

such a well dressed group

 hazel in two different high heels

she just finished sweeping

while wearing them

talented girl!

 olive's wearing a hand me down

from her older siblings

that i bought at the thrift store 4+ years ago

breastfed babies are healthier babies

 noah's sporting his Christmas pajamas

after Christmas

and well into the afternoon

while playing wii

and me?

well i'm wearing the clothes i could find on 

my bedroom floor

to keep me warm

while i clean

i kind of love only having one car

so when michael's gone

i know we'll just be home

and we can play and have fun

and not stress about going anywhere

it's a fun time of life

home with three kids all day long

i love vintage

always have

and the one thing i miss most about 

vancouver, wa

is my favorite little vintage shop

the urban eccentric
but to my excitement

i just found out

that the woman who owns it

has an etsy shop!

i am so excited!!!

if you want to see it

go here

i wonder if michael will agree

that i need this dress...
fingers crossed

the yellow romper

is this not the cutest thing you've ever seen?

thank you target

for providing such cute

and inexpensive baby clothes

i can not wait to meet our little girl who will wear it this summer

about my new years resolution..

i haven't purchased any new clothing or shoes

for our family in 2010

so i guess you can say it's going well

but it is hard

and just look at the cute sweater hazel is wearing today

i bought it while i was pregnant with her

on clearance at old navy for like $2.50

you can't beat that, even thrifting

so while i'm proud of myself for setting this goal

we find out what we're having next week

and i just don't think i'll make it past then

shopping the day i find out what i'm having is..

tradition

and who am i to break tradition?

resolution?

i don't normally do new years resolutions

they seem like a waste of time and effort

i usually forget about them

and i don't see the point in waiting to start a new thing

however

starting january 1, 2010

i am going to challenge myself

to something i've been meaning to do for a while

i am not going to buy new clothes

for our family

i will only purchase clothes at the thrift store

and sew the rest

i think it'll help me be creative

and help me think to save and reuse more, in all areas

i'll let you know how it goes