Family Outfits For Pictures

Hello Foxy Friends. This past weekend we did our family photos! I know it seems early, but I like to do them early so we get the day/time we want from our photographer and then we also get less crowds in the background because typically we are picking locations that tend to have a lot of people taking photos also. Last year I gave you 5 Tips to picking out your family photo outfits, and then followed up with some ideas for family outfits, this year I thought I would do some leg work for you as well, and do the same thing!

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Family Outfit #1

I'm going to start with what we actually wore this year.

Mom: Dress / Sandals (similar) / Necklace
Dad: Polo Shirt / Jeans / Shoes
Boy:  Shirt / Jeans  / Shoes
Girl: Dress / Sandals / Headband

Family Outfit #2

Mom: Dress / Heels / Earrings
Dad: Polo Shirt / Slacks/ Shoes
Boy: Sweater / Slacks / Shoes
Girl: Dress / Shoes / Headband

What is great about the little girls dress, is it comes in different styles for different age groups, so if you have three girls, they all have the same patter, just different styles.

Infant Dress / Toddler Dress / Little Girl Dress

Family Outfit #3

Mom: Dress / Heels / Earrings
Dad: Sweater/ Slacks / Shoes
Boy: Shirt / Slacks / Shoes
Girl: Dress / Shoes / Headband

This dress has the same thing. I love that Gymboree does this, I don't remember them ever doing this in the past, or maybe I just wasn't looking. But in any case, so super cute!

Infant Dress / Toddler Dress / Little Girl Dress

Alright that's it for now, I have so many more ideas floating around in my head, but I'll leave you with these 3, stay tuned for some more casual outfits and some Holiday themed ones.

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My Polka Dotty Skirt

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Getting a two for one today! You get my normal outfit post and I'm also linking up with Shay, Mel and Sheaffer for a little What Up Wednesday. 

What I'm wearing:

Happy Wednesday Foxy Friends! Remember a couple of weeks ago, when I wore the stripes and floral? And while I was looking for a similar striped skirt, I found this polka dot skirt and then ordered it before I even went back to typing up my post? Yeah, you all NEED to go get one! It is SOOOO freakin comfortable. It has a solid front waist, but an elastic backside so you get the comfort of the elastic, but don't get the look of it.

I ended up putting a wide belt on it, but I could have easily worn it without. The skirt also has texture and looks so much more expensive than $18!  I sort of want to get the white with black polka dots too...it's just so darn cute. They have several patterns, you should go check them out.

What we're eating this week:

Eating some left over Mexican food from the weekend, and I might have gotten some Thai food for dinner last night, and Thursday we're having Honey Lime Shrimp and corn on the cob, yum!


What I'm reminiscing about:

We're making plans for the pumpkin patch this was last year.

This is 2013...so crazy how much they've grown.

This girl was 2 months old.

Also family pictures, we took ours for this year on Sunday. Makes me think of past family pictures.

What I'm loving:

The cooler weather. I get to use a blanket when watching TV, my favorite. Plus I'm going to just say it. I get every other Friday off from work, for the last almost 7 years I've had kids with me on my off Friday, but this year, this is the year I get my Friday completely kid free for 4 hours. What?! Granted the first 2 off Fridays, I was doing things for the kids and then with the kid when I took her out early from school. But next Friday, all to myself!

What we've been up to:

So busy, our days are filled with soccer and more soccer and birthday parties and weddings and baby showers and hanging out with friends. I love every minute of it.

What I'm dreading:

Surprisingly nothing. 

What I'm working on:

Have you heard about the Common Threads Challenge? I briefly mentioned it here. Anyway, going to talk about it again. It's where you pick 5 things from you closet and then you wear ONE of those 5 things each day for a month, to try and remix your closet and use it in a way you didn't think of before.

But picking 5 things...crazy hard! You don't want to pick all tops, because then you are wearing the same 5 tops all month. But then you don't want to pick all bottoms, cause that seems like it's "cheating" in a way. So I'm going to try and mix it up a bit. So far I have picked out my striped skirt (similar), and this blazer in black. I'm contemplating using this t-shirt in maroon, although I have it in three colors, and might have ordered it in two more colors...wonder if I can just count them all as t-shirt...haha, that's totally cheating. I think I'm going to pick a pair of jeans, must pick work appropriate ones. Then my last thing...not sure. I have 4 days to choose. I might do a pair of shoes?  Anyone else doing this challenge? What did you pick?

Your hosts are

• Alex—The Cheerful Closet
• Maricel—My Closet Catalogue
• Whitney—Whitney a la mode
• Carrie—A Stylish Fit
• Ada—Elegance and Mommyhood
• Caroline—Tasteful Style

 Join all these fabulous ladies, I'm really hoping I can do this, I mean I CAN do this!


What I'm excited about:

All the fun things that are happening in the next few months. We have the pumpkin patch, a fundraiser, Halloween, and lots of hanging out with friends. Looking forward to it all!

What I'm watching/reading


Watching all the things. Let's see where to start. We watched Beyond, which was really good, really hoping they pick it up for a second season.

Then we started watching Grand Design, it's an HGTV type show, and it shows you super innovative houses and how people built them. It's a super impress show, as the episodes span over several years, crazy, they start filming something and then 4 years later they finally finish the project. Super cool.

 

Also Dark Matter, they just released season 3 yesterday, woo hoo!

We've already watched the ones above, and we moved onto Ozark, it is very Breaking Bad-ish, except with money laundering...super good!

All these shows are available on Netflix. Anyone see any of them?


What I'm listening to:

Currently books on tape. I just discovered our libarary has books on tape to "borrow". You download an app, enter your library number an viola, you have all these books at your finger tips. I started to listen to Hidden Figures. So far so good, although I do find myself not doing what I should be doing and just listening. There a bunch of books on there that I want to listen to. Obviously they don't have all of the books, but ours has a good selection.

What I'm doing this weekend:

We get to go to the Angels game and sit in the box seats, woo hoo! Mr. got two tickets from work, and then told the admin if she had any more he'd like one more, since he was taking Baby Fox, and Mini Fox was semi-heart broken. But then someone gave back both of their tickets, so now we get to make it a family affair.

Plus Sunday we're going to see Ninjago, the kids are excited.

What I'm looking forward to next month: 

Well Fall weather, fall clothes, bring on the sweaters and warm things.
    
Bonus Question: What TV show are you most excited about this fall?

Grey's Anatomy and This is Us. Really, who isn't excited for This is Us, it kills me that we got rid of our cable at the end of last season, so now we have to wait an extra day before we can watch anything on Hulu, darn.

An InLinkz Link-up

My Reverse Bucket List

It's another Show and Tell Tuesday with Andrea, this time the topic is reverse bucket list, when we share the things that were on a bucket list but are no longer on the list. Fun!

I think my first one would definitely be skydiving! I didn't know I wanted to sky dive until my dad asked me if I wanted to go with him, sure why not? You can see the Vlog I did that day here.

Twirling our way down.

Coming in for a landing

Back before kids, Mr. said that before we had kids we wanted to take a vacation to Italy, which we did. We went with another couple and had the time of our lives! We did so much, but still wanted to do more. I hope that one day we can get back there, but for now, so glad that we got to go on one last big trip before the kids came.

Throwing coins in Trevi Fountain.

I actually took this picture, looks like a post card right?!

Is it okay to write have kids? It was on my bucket list at one point in my life and now I have two beautiful children. So lucky to call these kids mine, they are one of the best things to happen to me. They keep me on my toes, test my patience and show what unconditional love feels like.

Riding horseback in Bora Bora on a private island tour (unfortunately they no longer do this).



Scuba Diving in the Caribbean, you don't even need to be certified, ask for a resort dive, you only go down 40-50 meters so if something happens, you could ultimately swim to the surface. We've done it a couple of times now, and every time has been fun.

So what are some of the reverse bucket list items you've done? Something that I need to add to mine?

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TBB Talks: School Food

Happy Monday Foxy Friends! Today I'm back with The Blended Blog to talk about school lunches. First we'll start off with what I liked to get at school. If you are stopping by from Nicole's blog, hello! She does lunches good, man, I need to take notes from that one, and have a kid that will eat something!

When I was in elementary school I loved when I could buy the thing that looks like McDonalds McRib. Sort of looked like this, and it came with tator tots, super healthy.

I also loved buy when it was pizza day, those square pizza's and I especailly loved eating the corners because they were crunchy.

And then I loved when the dessert were these cute triangle Popsicles, I mean who doesn't love that?

After those three things I can't really remember anything in elementary school. Moving onto High School  (I don't remember ever buying in Junior High). I ate so horrible in high school. I ate a bean and cheese burrito, you know the ones that used to be frozen in the plastic wrap and a giant chocolate chip cookie and a soda at least 2 times a week, if not three. 

If I wasn't eating that, then I usually brought cold left over dinner. For whatever reason I didn't mind...actually it wasn't even cold, there wasn't such thing as a freezer pack for your lunch. You brought a brown paper sack, your lunch was in your locker getting to room temp so when it came time for eating left over dinner, it was room temp. My favorite was rice a roni and spaghetti...I know so strange right. I couldn't even fathom eating that now.

Baby Fox...man he's a picky eater. So far we've been going between half of a sunflower seed butter and honey sandwich or rolled up turkey, some fruit (half an apple or a handful of grapes), and some baby carrots. Most days half of what I just said comes back. I wonder how he lives sometimes. But everyday I put in a note in his lunch. I was convinced he wasn't reading them, so one day I didn't put one in and he comes home that night and asks me where the note was today. So I guess he does read them.

Mini Fox and Mr. sometimes get in on the action too.

So what sort of things do you give your kids for lunch, I need ideas! Link up your school food posts below!

An InLinkz Link-up

$150 Sephora Giftcard Giveaway!

Happy Sunday friends?! Guess what we're doing today? Getting our family photos done. I know it seems early, but really it's not. You get the time slot you want with your photographer, you get your pictures back earlier, you're not wondering when you're going to get them back, so that you can order your holiday cards. It's just a good idea to do it. What better way to celebrate family picture day then you do a giveaway for $150 to Sephora, I mean mama's gotta look good right? Click here for 5 tips to picking out family photoshoot outfits.

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