What I Wore Wednesday

I've got a handful of outfits from the last couple weeks and a special request for a WIWW from my friend Jenny, so I am linking up with Lindsey at The Pleated Poppy for What I Wore Wednesday.  If you're new to my blog, What I Wore Wednesday was started by Lindsey, taking a picture of her outfits throughout the week, and sharing them on Wednesday in an effort to encourage and inspire herself to get out of her yoga pants each day.  It sure does encourage me to do the same.  Although I do love my yoga pants.  ;)

So here's what I've been wearing...

striped tee- Old Navy, shorts- Target, military jacket- Nordstrom, Toms- Nordie's

I didn't get a full outfit pic this day, but I love these jeans!  Gap.  And the fun little hair tie was from Etsy.

orange tee- Gap, grey cami- BP Nordstrom, white shorts- Kohl's, Toms- Nordie's

red tee- Target, distressed Vigoss jeans- Nordie's, leopard shoes- Target (they even matched my leopard apron at work that day!) earrings- Nickel & Suede

palazzo pants- Target, black cami- BP, ruffled tank- Anthro, sandals- dv Nordie's, earrings- Kate Spade Nordie's, short necklace- Lisa Leonard, long necklace- BP Nordie's

slub tee- Old Navy, green tank- Target, Vigoss jeans- BP Nordie's, Toms

We had a fun dinner out with friends last weekend so I wore the Target dress I got recently with my white Target sandals.  jewelry was all from Nordie's.

camo shorts- Old Navy, pink tank- Target, white tee- Halogen Nordie's, Toms, black tote- Nordie's, earrings- Francesca's, necklace- BP Nordie's

Looks like I've been wearing a lot of shorts, tees, jeans and Toms lately.  I'm itching for our temperature to drop at least below 90 so I could maybe thinking about wearing a scarf again.  And my new camo pants and aztec sweater from the Nordie's Sale are just begging to be worn too.  

Soon.  I can feel it.
The nights are getting dark earlier.
Boise State Football starts soon.
Our pool temp has dropped from 85 to 80.
And I might have actually been chilly this morning when I walked the girls to school.
I love to layer my clothes and our summers are too darn hot to layer much more than a swimsuit and a coverup.
But soon... Fall will get here... I hope. ;)

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check out the other link ups over at The Pleated Poppy! 

Random Stuff.

Trying to plug in a quick random post before dinner and soccer tonight...

Life's been busy but we are falling back into that school routine.

 Enjoying our outdoor grill practically every night.

 Squeezing in as many trips to the beach as we can.

 The tide was so high the day we went and Hannah has absolutely no fear of swimming in those big huge waves.  She's learning how to dive through them as they crash and everything.

 I've been sticking to my new goal of waking up at 5:30am to start my day quietly and alone with my big ole mug of coffee.  I love having the chance to wake up slowly and then go get the girls up and ready for school.  That way after I walk them to school I am wide awake and ready to squeeze in my workout, and then shower as quickly as possible to try and get a couple more things done before I go pick up Claire.  I thought I'd be really tired, and while by the end of the day I am, but I think starting my day like that is helping me to feel more accomplished and happy throughout the day.  I'm loving it.

 The other day when I got back from my run the light in the front looked so pretty I had to take a picture.  We still have a list of things we want to do/add to the front porch but we'll get there.

 Soccer is in full swing for the girls.  Mondays and Wednesday evenings Hannah has practice, and Claire does on Wednesdays too.

 Last Saturday was Opening Day Ceremonies and Picture Day for their teams.  This season we are The Pumpkins and The Emerald Diamonds.  

 I've got big plans for this empty looking space here.
I'll share more when it's done but I was so excited to just find the coat rack, and shelf that will be where the girls backpacks will hang for our make shift mudroom wall.  And the "my house was clean last week" sign I just saw at Kohl's and I thought so true!  I had to get it.  It's the only thing hanging in the entryway by the front door and I'm just excited that I have one thing there for now.  

Gotta run and do homework help.
I'll be back Wednesday with What I Wore...

First Day of School... Already

I can't believe it's time for school again.

This is the first year that I think I wasn't quite ready to get back to it.

Don't get me wrong, I mean, all Summer long I long for those short few hours I get to myself in the mornings when both the girls are in school.  But I hate the very early start time we have.  And as much as I love structure and routine, sometimes I hate it too.

And this Summer having our very own pool in our new house has been an absolute blast for us all.  We have enjoyed the pool/spa every single day.  And it's still HOT HOT HOT outside, and I think we'd all have loved it if Summer lasted just a little bit longer.

But alas, that is not the way it works.

So today Hannah started SECOND grade!!!

And Clairey is now in Kindergarten!!!

 Hannah has had a little bit of anxiety about returning back to school.  She's my type A kid who has some ocd tendencies and likes to always be prepared for what's coming her way.  She doesn't like the unknown and there are a lot of unknowns when it comes to starting a new school year.  But this morning after Mr. H and I walked her to her new classroom and found her desk, she was all smiles and totally ready to say goodbye to us.

 And sweet Claire Bear.  Bless her heart, she's just not a morning person.  I can't say I blame her one bit.  I'm not much of a morning person either until I've had at least one and a half cups of coffee runnin' through my veins.  But poor Claire isn't drinking the java yet, and 6am is darn early to be woken from her slumber.

 She just was not in the smiling mood by 7:30am either.

 That's ok.  I wasn't worried about her today one bit.  After loving TK, and already knowing who her teacher is (same one that Hannah had in Kindergarten), and having a handful of friends in her class from TK, she was more than ready to become a Kindergartner.  

 We drove this morning because I had to stay for a half hour in Claire's class and then had some errands to run, but from now on I think we'll be walking in the mornings.  The parking lot is always so crazy in the beginning of the year.

 Hannah had a handful of friends from her class last year in her class.  And a couple nights ago on a walk after dinner she met a little girl two houses up from us that is in her class too.  She was excited to see her and it was her first day at this school so Hannah said she ate lunch with her and she showed her where the restrooms were.  

 After we said goodbye to Hannah I took Claire to her classroom where the parents stayed and did a couple of projects with their kids.  Claire was squeezing my hand pretty hard until we got to her room, and then she saw some old friends, relaxed a bit during the projects we did, and when I left her she was sitting on the carpet chatting animatedly with a little girl from her TK class last year.  I left smiling.  I am happy and excited for this year for my girls.  I'm also very anxious for next year to get them both on the same school schedule.  Right now I drop them off at 7:45am, come back to pick up Claire at 11:30, and then back again to get Hannah at 1:57.  It's a lot of back and forth and that time in the morning alone goes So.  Darn.  Quick.  This morning I had time to run to Target and Trader Joe's and back to unload the car, and then it was time to go get Claire.  

Wanna see these cute new shoes I got at Target???

Swoon.
They're leopard.  
And they're so so so comfy.
They're gonna match everythinggggg. :)

I'm off to shower and plop on the couch with Mr. H.
We started a new show on Netflix.
Orange is the New Black.
We're diggin' it.
Peace Out.