What I did this weekend (with WIWS)

We'll start with what I wore today so as to not keep you in the crazy suspense I know you'd be in waiting to see what I put on to wrangle kids throughout Mass (notnotnot). Then I'll end with a mash up of Naomi's birthday fun, for the moms (mine and Mike's, that is).

As much as I love Palm Sunday and Mass, I would be lying if I said I didn't feel exactly like the kid who went running out of Mass after me yelling "WOOOHOOO!!" this morning.

The readings were beautiful, the songs were actually good, the Mass was perfect.
But the children... I will not go any further, I am sure it was not a walk in the park for any of you with little ones sitting through the passion narrative either (if it was I am really happy for you, but please don't tell me about it).

So now I'll join the other FLAPers for the more materialistic part of the post where I'm back in the skirt from college that I was thrilled still fit after a birthday weekend with cake, donuts and Red Robin:

Also. it is official: it is going to be cold FOREVER.
And because you need another...

Skirt & tights: Gabes
Shoes: Goodwill (Style & Co?)
Ruffly, mustard number: Target
Cardi: Gap
Glasses: Firmoo
Necklace: Target

Enough.
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On to the birthday fun.
First there were donuts and gifts:

I will never admit to the fact that I instiuted birthday morning donuts for our family because I love love love donuts so much. Never.

2 most favorite presents from Grammy and Nana (never from the uncool parents, whatev.)

Then later in the morning we went bowling, and it was awesome.
I forgot my camera so we had to settle for grainy phone pictures, but I had to capture the magic of bowling with a 4-year-old. I would definitely recommend it as a birthday activity, it was a little pricey, but justifiable for the special occasion.

Pictures in order:
1- she's been asking to go to the building with the enormous ball on it for at least a year; 
2-that was right after she exclaimed "This is the BEST day of my life!!" (really? all four years of it?); 3- that ball slide was fantastic; 
4- really glad I brought bananas for Bernadette to eat while watching the game and even gladder that no one called CPS for the placement of the bumbo on the bowling alley table.

I think I have given adequate attention to the 4th birthday and you will never hear of it again.
Unless I think of something else to say.

What I Said Sunday (also what I wore)

Raise your hand if you said the following things today to yourself or another:

1) I'm going to go in there and bust some heads

2) You only need pedialyte if you're throwing up or have diarrhea

3) Are you making fireball tireball** scream?!?!?

4) I will have a chocolate chip cookie for first breakfast

5) Your behavior before the cow has woken up has been deplorable!

Imagine I am raising my hand

Sunday morning found these kids sitting, jumping, stomping and rolling on all my buttons since well before the sun was up.

But then the sun came up, I drank my coffee, and things got better.

But not good enough for everyone to venture to Mass together so me and Lucy had ourselves a little Sunday date to the Church where most everyone wears jeans, which meant.... drum-roll please.......

I got to wear my liturgically correct purple Lenten pants!!!

I also wore them on Ash Wednesday and loved every second of it.

And as proof that I am not a total idiot and did wear a little bit more than a long sleeved shirt out in the 20 degree weather:

Some puffer action.

It was also a monumental Mass day because for the first time Lucy did not score high on the good behavior charts but rather spent most of the Mass doing a border-line angry but mostly just annoyed squawk that meant we were walking in the narthex most of the liturgy. Love the word narthex so so much.

Toe to head:
boots: thrifted
Pants, shirt & scarf: Target
Vest: Woolrich @ Gabes for less than 10

FLAP yourself silly.
** fireball tireball is Naomi's self-named favorite stuffed dog.
Yes it is the weirdest name ever given to a stuffed animal in the history of stuffed animals.

What I Wore Sunday

Or, When The Skirt Was Too Tight And The Shirt Was Too Big

or, Why Are All My Surroundings In The Picture So White?

or, Why Is My Foot Bent So Awkwardly? 

I don't know.

I'm just glad I could squeeeeeze this skirt around my hips and middle region finally as it hails from some rather chubby college days and it was just getting depressing that it wasn't fitting. I don't even like it that much, but I conquered it.

And then there's the shirt I got for $3 at target during my fortuitous trip on Friday. I suppose I got what I paid for, it was baggy in the weirdest places, but fit just great on the arms. I should probably start trying things on before I buy them, which will probably happen when I stop having kids, aka never.

The good, the bad, the ugly:
Everything I am wearing is from Target, Gabes and thrift stores. Same as always.

And as a gift for you, this is not what Lucy wore to Mass, but it is awesome:

Too much hair for the headband, such a sad life.

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What We Wore Sunday

Sandwiched in betwixt an array of bum wiping, bagel eating, children screaming and mother yelling there managed to be some Sunday skirt sewing and pictures taken this morning for yet another link-up with the Fine Linen and Purple ladies. (Long sentences are my forte, that and bad picture taking.)

Why skirt sewing?
Among my many frantic postpatrum shopping trips for anything that will please fit my rather large-yet-no-longer-actually-pregnant belly were a couple colorful skirts from Old to the Navy. One was the previously worn green goblin, and the other was the cousin of green goblin, we'll call her mystique, because when I googled "blue super hero" that is what came up.

Luckily nature has been good to me and helped me to continue to sloooooooooooooowly lose a teeeeeeeeeeeeeny tiny bit of weight with the only form of diet and/or exercise being nursing all day and night every day and night. I did not don the blue beauty in time, so this morning when I tried it on it no longer fit over my slightly smaller postpartum bump. In a determined effort to wear the thing I did a slight stitch up the back so that it would stay up for the duration of the Mass, though I think I could have done myself a favor and NOT tucked in:

Luckily Lucy's tutu was a perfect fit and needed no last minute alterations.

Just some cray cray for your Sunday.

Backwards deets-always keeping you on your toes:

boots: Macys
tights: GB
skirt: Old Navy baby
shirt and button up not-actually-a-sweater-over-shirt: also Gabes, you'll find that is where the vast majority of my wardrobe has come from.

the baby wore:
a gifted onsie
a target tutu
and gifted tights

Have a splendid Sunday! 

The Whiny What I Wore Sunday (or TWWIWS)

Even though I hate the outfit I wore today as well as the pictures I took, I am still going to link up for the sake of feeling like I'm, talking to someone -anyone- over the age of 3 and for just a touch of e-complaining, for good measure.

Mike has been suffering from the bug that keeps on giving since yesterday morn and I would say that I am taking a minute for myself for some Sunday blogging, but in reality I am hiding from the toddlers that I have been with with barely a break for well over on 24 hours. Yes, they did sleep a little, but there were mid-night visits and many a nursing sesh in between.

I would say that I now know what it feels like to be the wife of a medical professional but that would be a big fat lie and the truth is that I am just a big fat baby who would never ever survive all those hours sans husband.

A bright spot in the dark nauseous abyss is that Lucy and I went on a lengthy Mass date just the two of us thanks to some babysitting from Pinocchio (or Geppetto, though we all know he was not great at keeping tabs on his kid. Yeah, I went there).

I was certainly not complaining about the fact that the bishop said the Mass and there were 2 baptisms, and the choir sang the longest Gloria in the whole world. I soaked up the extra minutes like a sponge. Before Mass I toyed with the idea of taking several pit stops on the way home to reeeeeally streeeeeetch out time out of the house, but it turns out I did not need to.

Now I will get to it. Finally:

To answer your internal questions:

• What the heck is wrong with this picture? I don't know. I took like 17, but could not get an even half-way descent one, so I gave up and then did something crazy on the photo editor and ended up with this, so this is what we get.
• Why did you hate your outfit? I do not like wearing dress-pants, but these had an elastic waist band so...
• Why are you still wearing pants with elastic waist bands? Well, you see, my mom brought me a bunch of old maternity clothes that she found in her attic marked with my name and even though I am not pregnant anymore, the band is just so comfortable. 
• That was not a good answer, but moving on...
• Why the senior picture head-tilt? I'll answer your question with another question: why not?
• Christmas is over, why is your tree still up? As long as the trees are still up in church, my tree will remain. I think that means today was my very...... last..................day.

Does that about cover it? Good.

I know you're dying to know:
Cardi: Target
Shirt: thrifted
Pants: Motherhood (hangs head in shame)
Boots: Macys
Earrings: Target

Lucy was great at Mass, it was pretty much her dream come true getting to be held the entire time by only me without being poked in the face or manhandled by "other mommies" (that means her sisters, stay with me, I'm almost done).

Now I am off to do some stress eating in the form of large spoonfuls of cookie dough.

Happy Sunday!!!!!

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What I Wore Sunday (and other things)

If I tried to count the number of calories consumed, particularly in the form of sugar-packed foods, in just the last few days, I am pretty sure my brain would break- it is just not even possible. I could just weight myself to see the poundage most certainly gained, but then I would have to crawl in a corner and cry, so I won't do that.

Therefore when I went to get dressed this morning, my midsection kept making itself known more than I would ever want it to. SO I then proceeded to search all over for my spanx, which I could not find, today of all days!!!

The solution? A stretchy sweater dress, worn before on WIWS, and a thunder-hiding cardigan- as I like to call it.

Dress: Meijer
Cari: Target
Tights: Gabes
Boots: Macys
Glasses: Firmoo

We had a fabulous weekend with my little brother and his wife and new son, my sister and my parents. The party did not stop even though Naomi was throwing up all day on Friday-- and by party I mean cleaning up a whole lot of throw up.

I am still holding my breath hoping so hard that none of us have contracted whatever she had- I quarantined her the entire day in her room. I hate vomit, I hate it so much.

I will leave you with one of the only pictures we took from the weekend.
I felt like such a weird stage mom doing this, but I also felt awesome:

Charlie and Lucy

I did not nail Lucy's dress, because I am not that crazy.
I could keep going but this is veering further and further from having anything to do with what I wore today.
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What I Wore Sunday

All fitness/healthy eating efforts have been temporarily halted due to Mike's birthday/Saint Nicholas day/me just not caring enough-- and what I wore today is not helping.

I did not wipe white-out on my face prior to this, just my awesome camera

I love this dress and I basically never want to take it off- it's like wearing a tub of butter. As long as I own something this comfortable that fits, I am happy being chubby: chubby and comfy (kidding). Aaaaand, it's also nursing friendly (!!)

This is another Saint Nicholas day present from Mike picked out by me.
Why did I pick out so many new articles of clothing for myself for Saint Nicholas day? I am a really generous person.

This dress was a cyber Monday find: I heart cyber Monday.  It's called a "utility dress", what constitutes it as"utility" I don't know, it does have several pockets...whatever, it had me at nursing friendly.

The deets:
Dress: Forever 21
Boots (again): Franco Sarto @ Macys (similar)
Leggings: local grocery store, because sometimes I wander through their clothing section by accident


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What I Wore Sunday

Even though I was not able to get any suitable photos of my mostly sub-par outfit, I am still linking up, because let's be honest: it's the thing to do.

To clear up the confusion: 1) sweater closed 2) sweater open 3) no sweater

To answer all your burning internal questions:

-yes, these are the best pictures I could get
-yes, I did wear shoes to Mass and I am wearing them under the tall grass
-no, my hair was not professionally done this morning (natural talent)
-yes, the black shirt is a teeny bit big on me, but that's how I like it
-yes, I will be submitting these photos to Project Runway (is that show even on anymore??)


Mass was lovely because Bernadette had to stay home with a "tummy ache", after several crazzzzy diapers I decided to believe her and just go early with Naomi and Lucy. Who knew taking 2 kids by myself would prove to be so un-stressful after going with 3 for the past 6 weeks? It was awesome.

And now they are watching "The Sword and the Stone" (or as Bernadette calls it "The Sword in the Stove") because we are unholy people who watch movies about magic on Sundays.


From the runway:
Sweater & earrings: Target
Shirts and skirt: Old Navy
Always worn black flats: Target thrifted

What can I say? I am high fashion. Head over to the love ladies at Fine Linen and Purple for more!

What I Wore Sunday

One hand posting this before 11 a.m. since someone in our home uses  my computer all day for football watching (ahem Lucy).

So here is what I wore today. I decided to put %100 trust in my lycra and go for the sweater dress.

The dress is great because the floppy sweater neck hides the scandalously low neckline, which is fab for nursing!

It's becoming pretty obvious that these are the only boots I own.

yikes

The small ones have been up since well before 6, please pray for this Mass experience...
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What I Wore Sunday

Other wise known as "What I WEAR EVERY Sunday" or "Bringing Denim Back, Justin Timberlake style" or "Homeschooling Never Looked so Good"- your pick.

Seriously, I started to worry this morning that folks at the old parish are going to start to notice that all I have worn since Lucy's birth is this denim skirt. I even had a cute new sweater dress all ready to wear this morning but reverted back to the denim. I would rather people notice my constant wearing of the skirt than have one of my rolls come lose from my trusty spanx, inadvertently hitting anyone sitting too close to the end of their pew while in the communion line- that would surely be more distracting that the repeated denim wearing. I trust the denim to hold things in if my spanx fail, a sweater dress will do no such thing.

Regardless, I am joining all the lovely ladies over at Fine Linen and Purple for a Sunday link up.
At the very least it might make you feel better about what you wore today.

the vignette to hide our mess of a house

Deats:
Sweater & Skirt: Old Navy (sweater is maternity)
Shoes: Macy's
Tights: who keeps track of that?

And a close up of my faithful brownies:

They are super duper comfy and I will love them always until they die. And I'm letting you get up close and personal with the denim, because you deserve it.

Peace out party people.

What I Wore Sunday

always a fan of the "intentionally not looking" picture

I think the only way I am going to blog anymore is if I am linking up with someone. It just gives me the direction that I need right now since I am way too sleep deprived to think through an original post of my own right now.

Also, I have already looked through what everybody wore this Sunday and figured it's only fair to let people glance at what I threw together.
And here's my scarf, again.

Outfit Deats:

• Sweater: Target
• Jeans: Old Navy (still maternity)
• Boots: Macys
• Scarf: Target
• Necklace: Forever 21
• Hot hair do: I work for free from home

*forgot to insert this confession in initial post: this is my post-Mass outfit since it turns out that Mass with 3 kids IS actually more chaotic than with just 2 and trying to take a picture of what I was wearing was not working. HOWEVER, the only difference is that I put on denim pants in place of a denim jean skirt, which was also from Old Navy. Whew, glad I got that off my chest.

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