Bright Red Lips

Back for week 3 of  Summer Style Me with Alison,  here's week 1 and week 2. For some reason I had trouble taking pictures on the actual day. I admit, Sunday I did a lot of outfit changes...Mr. was patient with me. Without further adieu here are my outfits this week:

Day 10

So this whole outfit was substituted...well I did have the bright bottoms, it called for shorts, but since I had to go to work, bright jeans it was.

I picked out the button down and then was trying to figure out a necklace, and...well I ran out of time, and just threw on the scarf. I need to figure out a belt, suggestions? Leopard to go with my shoes? Too much? Thoughts?

Pants - Loft (old), Button Down - Target, Scarf - Old Navy (old), Shoes - DSW (old)

Day 11

So this would be one of those outfit that I did on Sunday with Mr. And then when I uploaded them onto my computer and organized it, I didn't put it in the correct day, thinking I didn't have that outfit....

Tee Shirt - Target, Shorts - Loft, Shoes - Target, Watch -Jane.com (old), Earrings - Target

Sort of loving the statement earrings. I don't usually wear earrings, but after this Summer challenge I think I might have to change my mind.

I think put this one on...This is actually what I wore on Friday to do my errands and get ready for Baby Fox's party. Plus I bought the fedora yesterday and wanted to incorporate it in some pictures.
This outfit brought to you by Target...okay not really, but it did all come from there.

Tee Shirt - Target, Shorts - Target, Shoes - Target, Fedora - Target (can't find online)

I sort of love how this picture looks like I have one of those blow machine gently tossing my hair in the wind...in reality, I have no idea how it happened.

See bottom left? Yep that's Baby Fox he jumped into the picture thinking we were doing full length. And by we I mean me and my tripod, Mr. was out golfing.

Day 12

My usual spot was really sunny, so I figured I was in the sun, might as well stand somewhere else. Shadows...boo.

Shirt - Old Navy (on clearance rack), Shorts - Old Navy (Similar), Watch - Jane.com, Earrings - Target (similar)

Yep, I'm wearing red lipstick, fun right?

Day 13

This was Baby Fox's party day, I do have a black and white polka dot bikini on under this...was too self conscious to take a picture of it. But it is there.

Skirt - Target, Shirt - Old Navy (Old), Bathing Suit - Victoria Secret (old), Bracelets - Jane.com (old)

Day 14

I still haven't found a black maxi dress, so this will have to do, and I haven't found a vest either...one day I might find it.

Maxi - Nordstroms (old), Shoes - Nordstroms, Necklace - Jane.com (they always have them, just need to keep checking back)

Day 15

I'm not entirely sure about the mixing patterns. It looked better in person? Hmm...thoughts?

Shorts - Loft,  Striped Tee - Target, Shoes - Nordstroms (no longer in this color), Statment Necklace - Jane.com  

Day 16

I pretty much followed this outfit, but since I was taking make-up outfit posts (green shorts above), and the fedora was already outside, I added it to the outfit. I have to admit the fedora is growing on me. I can see myself wearing this to the park to help shade my face. Functional and pretty, score!

Skirt - Nordstroms, Shirt - Target, Sandals - Target (no longer available), Necklace - Jane.com, Fedora - Target

And that in a nutshell is my week of outfits, well what I mostly wore and didn't take any pictures and then made up for it on Sunday.

What are you loving this week?

I'm loving bright lipstick.

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Here are the outfits from the Spring Style Me,  outfits 1 & 2, 3 thru 9, 10 thru 16 and 17 thru 21.

Party Weekend

Most of this weekend was set getting ready for Baby Fox's half birthday party!

I took the day off Friday so I could prep, the party started at 11am on Saturday, so it basically had to be done by Friday night. But first I made an appointment to get my hair done.

Baby Fox helped me to pick out my outfit.

he looks like he's not having fun, but he really is. He loves helping me get dressed, sometimes he has better fashion sense than me. You know you're in trouble when you ask your 3 year old if something looks good.

The salon is at the gym I belong to, and I had some "gym bucks" so I decided to use them to get a much needed haircut! It was so nice, I wish I could go there every time I needed a haircut! But when I got there, they gave me juice and a hot towel.

The end result, love it! Also my first car selfie.

I headed to Costco after my appointment, can I tell you how nice it is to shop without kids? So nice!


This girl wants to eat anything and everything that we have, I'm so glad I finally got a kid who eats! Thank you! I put in my dues, I'm deserving of one that eats.

Eating some chinese food

Trying to grab my chips

Nana and Ampa came over to see the kids help set up the ez-up.

 

And then Baby Fox had some time to model

Nana put Mini Fox down for a nap and then I realized after changing her diaper Nana didn't put her pants back on...hmmm..intersting, but her butts up 7-up sure is cute.

Friday night consisted of decorating and making these bad boys. They were seriously the hit of the party and you should go make some! The recipe made 36 sandwich cookies, so if you just wanted 12 then 1/3 the recipe...makes it so you don't eat 36 cookies.

I'll do a full post on his birthday party this week, but here's a sneak peak.

I think he had a blast! Opening gifts, how cute is that wrapping paper? Foxes? Of course it was from one of our cousins.

Cousin #4 gave us this track! I have a love hate relationship with it. Baby Fox absolutely adores it and played with it all day yesterday, but do you see how big it is?!

Everyone winding down and getting ready for bed, long day of partying with no naps.

Sunday was really low key. My cousins left early in the morning. Mini Fox is teething so she was up earlier than normal so I took advantage and took her grocery shopping, done with grocery shopping before 9am, yes please!

We went swimming, now if Mini Fox would just look up.

She loves swimming!

Mr. got her ready for bed...every little girl needs a flower for bed right? She's trying to get on the bed cause brother was up there wrestling Daddy.

I got shot! Please ignore the clothes in the background, Mini Fox got into the donate bag and threw everything around.

All in all it was a great weekend! Can't wait for this weekend, we get to see all of my cousins again!

Don't forget to enter the giveaway! Ends Saturday!

What was your favorite part of this weekend?

Mine was how much Baby Fox loved all the decorations, he kept saying I love all the decorations on the wall, it's so pretty.

Linking up with Faith, Sarah and Heather for Mommy Moments
Carly and Molly for Funday Monday

and with Bella & Lisa

Alleviating Toddle Bedtime Battles

Bed time, we've all been there. Sometimes Most nights goes like this (in all reality it only take 5 minutes tops and it makes him incredible happy cause he thinks he's getting away with it):

Me: Okay time for blessings and hugs
Baby Fox: Wait I have to pee, I have to pee, I have to pee
Me: (night potty training, so gotta take is seriously), Okay let's go
Baby Fox: (as 1 teaspoon of liquid comes out) See I told you I had to pee
Me: Okay, wash hands off to bed (walk back into bedroom)
Baby Fox: I need a drink, I'm thirsty
Me: One small sip
Baby Fox: Ahhhh, that was good
Me: okay one last hug
Baby Fox: Noooo, wait I need some snuggles, snuggle me Mommy
Me: (gives him a look)
Baby Fox: You're a big sucker, snuggle me
Me: Okay, but just for 1 minute.
Baby Fox: Yay!
Me: Okay I have to go, get much lunch ready for tomorrow, put Mini Fox to bed, she's hungry, do you hear her whinning out there?
Baby Fox: No, rock a bye song!
Me: Okay...(rock a bye baby...), one last hug, your sister is crying, I have to go
Baby Fox: Okay, send Daddy in...

Does this sound familiar? Here's how we deal with Bed Time Battles

Tip #1:

Start from an early age. Start everything you want to do with them at an early age. We started a bedtime routine from the get go. Granted it changes as they get older and are able to go longer stretches without food, but start from the get go. We do bath, brushing teeth a little bit of play/reading books, blessings and good night kisses. Now that Baby Fox is older, he always asks for blessings and knows that when we start the blessing part of the evening that it's time to go to bed. (We do the blessings with lights out)

I know this is supposed to be a toddler bedtime battle, but I think it really helped that we taught both of our kids to fall asleep on their own. We never rocked them to sleep, nursed them to sleep or any of those other methods. We knew from the get go we didn't want to co-sleep (in bed with us), so we wanted to make sure we put them to bed awake but sleepy. We loosely followed Baby Wise. I high suggest it. But that's for another post for another day.

Tip #2:

Decide on a time limit and stick to it. Usually I give him a minute or two to indulge in the delay tactics and then tell him firmly but lovingly that it's time to go to bed and that Mommy has to get ready for the next day. Sometimes he cries, most times he doesn't, but don't give into the crying. He usually stops crying before I make it all the way down stairs. I know he's tired, he doesn't think he's tired, but I know he'll fall asleep quickly.

Remember you're the parent, don't let them tell you how bedtime is going to go. It might take a few nights of firmness but once they realize they're not getting what they want, they usually just take what they can get.

Sometimes when I close the door, I hear him say "aw man!" But then he settles down and goes to sleep.

Tip #3:

Be consistent, I know it's hard. But if you let him do something one night but not the next, that's confusing. Probably causing more tears and longer bedtime rituals. Like if you put them to bed, walk out of the door and then they call you to come back, and you go back, they'll think that they can do this every night. We fell for this trap. That lasted about 2 weeks and then we thought, hey, once we leave, we leave, we can't go back, unless it's an emergency. I told him that once I leave I wasn't going to come back until morning. He listened and did the same thing, the first night I just went to his door and told him was time to go bed, didn't open it, but did it outside of his bedroom. It worked and he settled down.

I hope these help you! I know our bedtime is less stressful for all of us when we stick to a routine and know what to expect when.

What helps you guys with your bedtime battles?


Just cause I love when kids sleep like this:

Baby Fox way back when...

Mini Fox

You think my kids like the same sleep position? We call it Butts-up 7-up.

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