give a kid the right pair of shoes…. pt2!

You may remember that one of my first posts was on school shoes, and the best of the bunch for back to school.  Well I’m a total sucker for a cute little pair of shoes, and ended up bookmarking over THIRTY pairs of shoes for the post. That’s too many for one post (even for me!) so lucky you gets another post from me!. In the meanwhile, I managed to find sooo many more cutesy and cool pairs of shoes and boots, that I felt the shoes deserved their own post, and the boots deserved another, so now there’s going to be a part 3! A veritable trilogy of shoes and boots, if you will! Can you imagine anything any better?!

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throwback thursday #2

remember in this post where I mentioned that my husband had dressed our daughter in a fluoro orange top, rainbow leggings and red shoes?

Today’s #throwbackthursday is back to that very outfit – it needs to be seen to be believed…..

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one item, three ways – green dungaree dress

I absolutely adore my children. They are funny, spirited (yes, they’re *those* sorts of kids….), humorous, and affectionate (oh, so very affectionate, it’s quite endearing if slightly inappropriate at some points – my son’s open mouthed kisses, for instance….).

But FARK ME they are expensive little buggers.

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outfit of the day #1

A lovely day here today – I made sure I offset the boringness of an epic supermarket shop with a trip to the playground on our estate. Coco and Otis are looking forward to the schools going back – not because they’re old enough to go, but because they get their normal play areas and haunts back again from the big kids! And I’ll admit I’m secretly looking forward to it too.

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