Fringe Benefits

 What I wore on Thursday...

Inspiration from J Crew:

It was too warm to wear my striped blouse so went wit this floral tunic blouse instead...

Blouse - H&M

Scarf - Forever 21

Jeans - Madewell

Sandals - J Crew

Sunglasses - Kate Spade

How is it going?

My outfit traveling from D.C. to South Carolina on Wednesday...

Top - J Crew

Jeans - J Crew

Sandals - C Wonder

Hat - Sole Society

WEDNESDAY:
We left D.C. and got on our short flight to SC to be met by brother in law and record heat of 100 degrees.
Had lunch and went to their beautiful new house.
The kids were so happy to be re-united with their cousins and immediately started playing and swimming with them…. While we got settled in and here have a whole guest house just for us while the kids camp out with their cousins…

Jewels by the Sea

Thursday's outfit was inspired by a recent J Crew Factory look on their website….

I actually bought the sweater on clearance and paired with my own striped (madewell) jeans…

And instead of heels added high top converses….

Sweater - J Crew Factory

Jeans - Madewell

Sneakers - Converse

Watch - from Turkey

Bracelets - Cookie Lee

Sunglasses - Betsey Johnson

Have been working on my daughter's class art project for the school fundraiser gala for the last two months now…

Finally finished the project …

It will be given to the surfboard maker to be lacquered still but this is after the painting was done…

This is a silhouette of San Diego skyline filled with kids' thumbprints each with their own unique color…

The Numbers Game

Tuesday's outfit was inspired by a look from 'Who What Wear' website...

For some reason though my outfit quite didn't have this flowy look. Not sure why. May be the boots instead of sandals… 

Tee, Belt - Forever 21

Pants - Madewell

Boots - Steve Madden

Purse - Thread Show

Jean Jacket - H&M

TUESDAY:
We had family Math day at my son's school in the morning. We visited the 4 2nd grade class rooms with our kids and met all the teachers and played math games with the kids.
I also volunteered in the afternoon and went to my daughter's gymnastics class where I supervise my son do pretty much his entire weekly homework.

Spin, spin, spinning around

 I am super behind again. This was Friday's outfit… 

The inspiration was from J Crew's February 2014 catalog:

I love finding inspirations like this. Cause I would have never thought of pairing this floral top wit the striped jeans and adding black and white shoes. But the combo totally works. And Of course I owned very similar items to make it work! :)

Tank - Kika Paprika

Jeans - Madewell

Hat - Forever 21 (almost identical to J Crew's style but a fraction of the price)

Loafers - Victoria's Secret

Necklace - Cookie Lee

Sunglasses - Crapwear

FRIDAY:
We went to a different venue with our summer playgroup on Friday.
The city has built a brand new waterfront park overlooking its beautiful bay right on the edge of downtown. It consists of splash pools and these amazing climbing structures.
The kids were entertained by the splash area only for a little bit. But, man did they love the jungle gym portion. The structures were truly challenging with portions that would fight against gravity and it kept them busy for such a long time.
Too bad it was so crowded though which made it a nightmare to keep track of them. Given that the venue was free it was jam packed and parking was horrendous but we had a big group and managed and had fun.

 Above is our large group set-up with umbrellas and blankets…

Below is one of the 5 slides that went down from top of the hill. My daughter (wearing a coral tank with a big daisy on it) and my son (in navy blue adidas matching set and red hat) is on top...

What an amazing workout for the kids right?

My son loved these structures. 

 Girls were crazy in love with this swing...

 Isn't this an amazing city or what? 

Just when you think they can't have better stuff they keep adding...