Blooming Where I am Planted

I am a suburban mom. I grew up in mid sized cities (Lincoln, Omaha, Bossier City) and loved it. Those cities were lovely. I spent the majority of my school years living in a trendy part of Omaha called Dundee. It was some of the best memories of my life and I tell myself every Fall that I am going to move back.

My husband grew up outside of a very small city and lived on a hobby farm complete with chickens and horses. My dream of moving to DC or Boston is pretty much never happening. In the last year I have made a decision to try to bloom where I have been planted, or moved because I bought a house in the burbs- not really an innocent bystander who had zero choice in this matter.

I decided it was high time to start learning to love my neighborhood, love where I live and start noticing and being proud of my place here in this world. There are a lot of ways to make life amazing and I am going to do my best to notice and document the things about living in the burbs worthwhile and a blast!

My goal is to start taking things as they come and work on the things I had been putting off until I felt something better came along. I am sometimes guilty of putting things off until I lose a dress size, or until we have another child, or until we built my dream home. I am going to start becoming the type of person that really lives each day for what it brings and not waiting to start living until I reach some arbitrary goal.

Week of Clothing Wednesday!

Monday- Cute Gap jeans with a Gap dino shirt. I wanted some coverage as it was very sunny and Sammy is fair. Also not insanely hot so I can hopefully sneak in more days like this.

Tuesday- It is pretty clear I am dying to go camping. Carters has some great new shirts lately. Check them out! 

Wednesday- Gap through and through. 

Thursday- Tea chevron shirt with some Carters shorts. 

Friday- This shirt is amazing. I got every size! Gap jeans to round it out with the sandals. 

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Memorial Day

I am pretty wiped out from the weekend. Cleaning and going. Grocery shopping and bike riding. All good but Tuesday came as quite a shock. Here are some photos of our most recent park visit. 

Review Hunter Boots

I got Sammy a pair of the first boots from Hunter. They retail for $50 and come in a bunch of pretty cute colors. He's had them a few weeks so I wanted to report my thoughts regarding them.

First, I think $50 is expensive for children's shoes. But I do feel that is in line with many other retailers similar products. The Hunter brand is historic and their wellies are extremely well known for quality products. I felt that this was worth the money spent.

I did order a size larger than Sammy wears. I felt like if I could get a few seasons or even two years out of these boots, then I would be more willing to spend the money. The fit is really great, he does have a lot of room to grow, but they way that they are made- he can easily walk. He's three and still learning to be very steady on his feet. There have been no stumbling issues.

They have held up very nicely- toddlers can be tough on shoes. I do feel like the yellow highlights every kind of gunk he gets on the boots. I took him to a "touch the truck" event and the boots did get a bit of tar on them. (I removed most of that with an eraser)

The boots are very cute, hold up well, and will last him for a while to come. I went ahead and got him a second pair two sizes larger than his current pair for the future. Hunter is having a final sale with free shipping so his second pair cost me $35 which I thought was pretty reasonable. I also wanted to get him some of the Hunter cleaner/buffer for the boots. Every blogger I have read recommends the Hunter brand cleaner for the rubber products because of the high quality rubber's tendency to bloom - or look like you threw some flour on your boots.

All in all- I am really happy that I finally got Sammy a pair. (And a second pair - but I know that I don't have a problem when at least a didn't get him a second pair for this current size!) I highly recommend them even though the price point is a little much. I got a gender neutral color so that I could pass them down to make my dollars stretch a bit further.

Week of Clothing Wednesday!

Monday was chilly! We did a nice long sleeved Cherokee shirt with some Gap jeans. Basic but I love this shirt.

Tuesday things were warmer thankfully! This Winter sometimes feels endless. Zara suspenders and a nice tee. Just some color and fun. I love suspenders. 

Wednesday was more of a May day. Nice Gap shorts with a Gap tee. Simple but the shorts give it a little something extra.

Thursday is a Gap shirt and Gap cutoffs. I did put his orange chucks with this. Pop of color is so my favorite.

Friday H&M suspenders. I love suspenders. Sammy would wear them all week if I thought I could get away with it. Gap dino tee that I love! I did put his brown chucks on with this outfit. I really love converse as well. I have some plans on a yellow pair from journey.

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