Small Style: hand-me-downs

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You know what I heard this week? I heard someone say they wouldn’t put their kid in hand-me-downs. Forrrreal. My brain does not compute. WHAT?! WHYYY? I just don’t get it.

Hand-me-downs are the best! THE BEST! When my oldest was a baby/toddler, we spent almost every weekend at various thrift stores. He would get a crap-ton of clothes at birthdays and Christmas (~6 months apart!), so we never splurged between. We looked for used items that fit his MY aesthetic. He didn’t give one single darn.

I’m happy to report my toddler is the same way. I saved a lot of Nathan’s old clothes and now Andrew gets to love them. Some of the items have got be twice or thrice handed down. No problemo!

A Month of Craft Photos: Day 23

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The little guy’s shirt & pants were both handed down from his brother. The shirt was thrifted and has always been one of my favorites. His boots are from Marshall’s. We bought them a size too big and so they’ve lasted MONTHS (chunky socks in the winter) and have that sweet worn look, now.

He is still adamant about not cutting his hair. I’m still holding back. I foresee a disaster if I try to force him.

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Small Style: Dressing for Santa edition

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Sunday morning, my mother-in-law emailed me to let us know Santa would be at R.E.I. that day taking FREE photos with kiddos. She suggested we stop by on our way to her house and get a shot of the kids with him. I went through their closet looking for the perfect little combinations and finally settled on a red gingham shirt for Andrew and a green gingham shirt for Nathan. FESTIVE!!

All was wonderful up until Andrew standing next to Santa and the photographer slowly walking to his camera… “NOOO!” He ran away. He actually told Santa what he wanted, but then got creeped out by the guy taking the picture. No offense to the photographer, he was nice enough. My little one is just at the age where #1 DON’T tell him what to do, and #2 Who are you? GET AWAY! Basically, only mommy can take his picture.

Oh well. Nathan looked pretty adorable–

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Andrew is wearing: thrifted shirt & blazer, boots from The Children’s Place, pants from Target, pin from Mod Cloth.
Nathan is wearing: shirt & hat from Target, Levi’s pants, thrifted blazer.

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MAN, IT’S HOT. Ok. Broken record, I know, but good golly I am SOOOO ready for Autumn. We put our swing-set way back here, between the only 2 trees in the whole backyard. It’s on an easement, so maybe one day the city will need to dig it up, but the swings would not get used if they were out in the sun. No way.

Nathan got a new pair of shoes, today. They’re supposed to be for school, but he likes them so much and I would totally suck if I made him stare at them everyday for the next 3ish weeks before letting him wear them. Who cares if his shoes aren’t brand-spankin’ new on the first day? Not us. He chose these Simple Carport Sneakers because they look like his jacket, but guess what! The uppers are made with 55% recycled wool taken from thrift store coats! AND the bottoms are made from recycled tires. His greatest love is cars, so that fact kind of thrills him. “My shoes are made from CARS.” Yeah. Hello, dream shoes.

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Nathan is wearing–
shirt: Children’s Place
pants: old Levi’s
socks: Toy Story (Woody!)
shoes: Simple Shoes Carport Sneakers

Andrew is wearing–
underwear: Spongebob Squarepants

My toddler kind of shuns clothes, these days. I wish I could.

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Small Style: Andrew

Small Style: Andrew

It’s been a few weeks since I made one of these. It’s been pretty hot, so my kids are usually in underwear and a t-shirt until it’s pool time and then it’s just swim trunks. Wash, rinse, repeat. I wanted to document this outfit, though. We were on our way to the grocery store, so he had to be clothed.

Notice how nothing matches! I love that kids can pull this off. I will be sad when e cares what colors/patterns match with which.

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200.365: the boy on a bench

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shirt: thrifted; shorts: gifted; shoes: gifted Converse; socks: sponebob yellow!

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Small Style: Nathan

A few blogs I read participate in Small Style every week and I always think, “I’m going to take photos of one of my boys so I can join in on the fun!” And then Friday comes along and I completely missed it. D’oh!

But I’m here, this week! A few of you commented on Nathan’s style in his retrospective post.

I’d like to take this time to mention I have absolutely zero style. I’m in jeans and t-shirt about 98% of my life. I will bust out the dresses for Mother’s Day or other holiday, if I feel like it and I usually don’t. SO. I’m happy to have boys who should be easy going when it comes to clothes. For the most part, they ARE pretty easy, but every once in a while, Nathan will make a big fuss about what he’s going to wear.

He went through a purple phase and he wore his purple Levi’s every other day it seemed. Then, all of a sudden, he shunned purple and his purple jeans have lived in his drawer since. Currently, he is obsessed with a vest. The vest seen in his retrospective post. I found it at the thrift store a few weeks back and since he was at grandma’s that weekend, I bought it because I liked it. When he saw it, though….it was love.

Anyway, here is what he wore the other day. The day he finally deemed himself ready for his birthday photos. 4 days late, but whatever. I can dig it.

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diptych: the six year old's style
shirt & shoes: Children’s Place; jeans: Target; vest: thrifted; tie: from a dressy set; hat: Ross.

He usually picks out his own clothes. Sometimes he makes some completely absurd choices, but lately, he’s been asking me what I think looks good together. Ack! I should probably pick up on this fashion thingy people are always so invested in. It might be helpful.

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