open arms

heels: target; skirt: bleu pepper; top: rue21; cardi: nordstrom; belt: f21

Yesterday was just the sweetest.

- I went on my regular 6:30am walk with my friend.
- Joony had a restless night, but was all cuddles and smiles for his morning nurse.
- David scheduled to go into work a little later, so we got extra morning time with him.
- Joons and I spent a couple hours out in the sunshine with our neighbors. The girls and I made cat chalk drawings, and Joony dared to crawl on the concrete for the first time ever, so he got covered in chalk dust:

He also tried..and tried...and tried again to eat the grass we were sitting on.
- I baked cookies. I do that a lot.
- Our yard was mowed while the windows were open, so my living room smelled like freshly cut grass.
- David sprinted through the house holding a naked Joony by the armpits while Joony "ran" in mid-air.  We had a good, hearty belly laugh over that one.

It was just a perfect summer day.  We're welcoming this season with open arms.

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shoes: gift; pants: panache; tee: f21; chambray: target

The Weekend of Strange Encounters:

#1 - I was loading Joony up in his car seat when a group of teenage girls wandered up to my car and asked, "Are you driving into town? Can we get a ride?" Um...wait, really?  I mean, I guess if you're going to ask to get in a car with a stranger, a mom with a baby is your best bet.  But COME ON!  What are their parents teaching them?

#2 - Yet another teenage girl knocked on our door at 9:30 in the evening to tell us she was out of toilet paper and ask if we had a roll to give her.  We're 97% sure that one was some kind of dare or scavenger hunt.

#3 - Our door creaked open and my little neighbor friend, clad in pajamas, poked her head in to ask if her mom was here.  That one was actually all cute and not weird at all (her mom and I are good friends).

#4 - I brought a fake cat to church on Sunday for an object lesson with the 10 year old boys we teach.  One of them peeked into my bag before class started, then ran over to his friends and said, "She keeps a dead cat in her bag! She's secretly a witch lady!"

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I mentioned the other day that our little family went out to the golf course together recently.  The course we went to is right here in our teeny-tiny town and was just as cute as can be.  We pulled into the drive and saw a man (I'm assuming one of the owners) on his riding lawn mower.  When we stopped to ask where we could pay for a bucket of balls to hit, he told us to just leave some cash in the drop box.  We realized that we didn't have any cash on us, and he said, "Well, will you be back to golf again soon? Just pay me twice then! You guys have fun out there!"  Adorable. I hope we always live in a small town.

We had the driving range to ourselves, so we made ourselves at home.  We spread out a blanket for Joony to sit on, David started hitting some balls, and I wandered around clicking away on my camera. Perfection.

really super

shoes: gift; shorts: AE thrifted & cut; tee/hat: f21

10 Things That Make Me Really Super Happy:

1. My suuuper casual new summer uniform.  I don't know how outfit blogging is going to keep happening with this routine.

2. Sidewalk chalk art by my two cute little neighbor girls.

3. Mom dates at the nature park with a stroll, a picnic, and two happy babies. Amazing way to spend a Wednesday afternoon.

4. Open windows, open doors, ceiling fans spinning.

5. Watching The Voice with David. We eat special treats (strawberries and whipped cream! popcorn! ice cream!) and make farting noises when our least favorite artists come on.

6. A huge tub of strawberries sliced, washed, chilled, and ready for snacking.

7. T.Swizzle on the season finale of New Girl. Love her.

8. How smiley and giddy David is before and after he takes his dirt bike out to the track. There is nothing better than seeing someone you love do something that they love.

9. Finding Joony awake and happy after a long nap, standing up and chattering away in his room while he waits for me to come get him.

10. The Arrested Development trailer.  It had to be said, I am so freaking excited. 

*Bonus #11: How easy it was to think of 10 happy things in my life right now!

you ready?

I had the grumpiest day ever yesterday. I kept grumping at David, and then I would get super apologetic and be like, "Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry, this is a terrible way to spend your day off, can we start over and I'll be nicer?" He would agree, and then 15 minutes later I'd snap something rude at him.

The day before yesterday, David got home from work and Joony was fussing in his room, trying to tell me he didn't need a nap (he needed a nap). When Dave asked, "How can I help? What should I do?" I spat out, "Drop kick him across the room, I just don't care at this point!" And then an immediate, "Ohmygosh I did not mean that, I'm so sorry, it's been such a long day!"

All that to say, my moods are on the fritz.  Joony's made the shift from being a nursing-every-couple-hours baby to a nurse-at-bedtime-and-once-or-twice-during-the-day boy.  I think the change has been playing tricks on my brain--maybe I don't feel as needed?  Maybe I miss the extra cuddle time every day? Whatever it is, I'm fighting this daily battle with the part of my brain that wants me to be a cheerful, rational person and the part that wants to throw a temper tantrum and pout and eat 6 Fat Boy ice cream sandwiches.

Last night was exactly the calm I needed after the emotional start to my week.  We went to the (empty) driving range, Joony laughed while David hit golf balls, the weather was gorgeous, and we came home to watch The Voice (a day late on Hulu), have some sparkling red grape juice, and goof off.  Aah.  Ready once again to tackle life!