Gingham

 What I wore Saturday as we had a crazy day with Basketball game, selling cookies, building Galleon ships and hosting a birthday sleepover!

Pinterest Inspiration:

 I had this top for soooo many years now and it comes in handy like this once in a blue moon. :)
The puff sleeves are now in too so it was perfect how it pops out of the sweater top!

Top - Victoria's Secret

Blouse - Ralph Lauren (vintage)

Pants - Zara

Sneakers - Sam Edelman

Bow Choker necklace - Forever 21

SATURDAY Craziness:
After a long day hosted my daughter's 3 friends as they had a fun birthday sleepover.
Started the day with roller blading/ riding scooters, then swimming in the jacuzzi, followed by harry potter trivia pursuit then build your own tacos dinner, watching a movie, having ice cream cake, opening presents, playing ping pong and finally going to bed!

What you imagine you create

 What I wore on Sunday to the Hip Hop Nutcracker Show...

Darling get on the floor

 What I wore to the big birthday party and Turkish night at my parents' house Saturday night...

Inspiration was from a very recent magazine about mixing leather with summer tops...

 I had these sandals for years but have hardly worn them... It was a perfect compliment to this outfit and the low wedges were perfect for a night of standing on grass and cobblestones...

Top, Skirt, Choker - Forever 21

Sandals - Victoria's Secret (very old)

SATURDAY:
AFter a crazy busy day of being solo with the kids, dropping off my car for repairs, breakfast on the beach, ubering home as the car was going to take a few hours, getting a ride back from my mom, ice skating, cooking, new neighbor pool party, coming back home and going to my parents' party....

The party was to celebrate my step dad's and our family friend's July birthdays and in honor of my grandpa we had a Turkish themed party where everyone tried the traditional 'Raki' drink and even had a belly dancer come and put on a show...
Of course all the Turkish girls had to get up and belly dance too as we grew up doing that within the family...

And one of our guests turned out to be a professional hula dancer so there was a lot of diverse dancing going on...

Ages and Stages

 What I wore Monday to meet up with my friend and her kids....

Inspiration from Pinterest:

Combining black and white with turquoise... I went with shorts instead of pants...

 Since most of the day I had the cardigan off I went with a striped graphic tee instead of a plain white one...

Tee, Cardigan, Shorts - J Crew Factory

Necklace - Cookie Lee

Sandals - Boutique 9

Having fun with old friends enjoying the growing kids and the chaos they all bring...