Splashes of Pastels

 Today's Easter outfit was inspired by Bee (from Atlantic Pacific) again...

 I took the idea of a floral skirt with same tone gingham blouse over a solid blouse idea and applied to pieces I already own...

The neon yellow bracelet picked up the yellow blouse I had layered under the gingham one...

These are the new semi flatform wedges from Kohl's from the 'Simply Vera Wang' collection. The mustardy yellow color somewhat goes with everything...

Gingham Blouse - Ralph Lauren (from TJ Maxx)

Yellow Blouse - Koton from Turkey

Skirt - J Crew

Necklace - Asos

Sandals - Simply Vera Wang from Kohl's

Sunglasses - Karen Walker

TODAY:
We had an amazing Sunday Easter Brunch at my mom and stepdad's this morning with the kids. My husband was supposed to join us after his morning tennis with my Dad but got stuck at home trying to make our pool heater/pump work instead. The kids enjoyed the company of all the family members and the warm weather was perfect.
Early afternoon our friends came over to our house for the first swim of the season. Except we couldn't figure out how to switch our pool equipment from winter to summer mode so the only thing that was warm enough was the hot tub. The kids did not care of course and had a blast.
We ordred pizza and salads for dinner and had a nice evening with friends.

Opening their gifts from the Easter Bunny who left them at our front door!

Mom's beautiful Easter Table;

With my little man who is enjoying something very sticky (hence the apron)...

With my beautiful sister who had the cutest outfit:

And my daughter wore another pretty outfit today this time from her Auntie (my hubby's sister):

The family and the two young girls who are currently renting a room my parents:

April Fresh

 My outfit for the Easter Egg Hunt today!

The outfit is from Ruche and I fell in love with it when I saw it in their spring lookbook:

I decided to add my mint colored cat eye sunglasses!

Delicate necklace...

Top, Pants - Ruche

Cami - La Redoute

Heels - Steve Madden

Necklace - Forever 21

Sunglasses - Anthropologie

TODAY:
Unfortunately I had this super early infusion appointment this morning so it was brutal to wake up so early.
I got home in time to change very quickly and we rushed to the Easter Egg hunt.
Our friend were there and so was my parents and my brother and SIL with my little nephew. Since all our kids are now in the second age group we got to enjoy my nephew's hunt first.
He wouldn't collect the eggs though. Just picked them up and looked at them then threw them down. So cute.
Our kids were of course much more greedy. My daughter though wouldn't believe they were empty and wasted a lot of time opening each one to make sure. They just trade the empty eggs for a bag of treats.
We then went to our friend's house for a big BBQ and spent a nice morning there until nap time.
Afternoon was resting at home and doing laundry.

The family that was there!

Urban Boho

Today's outfit was inspired by this Chictopia post from December 2011:

I have to confess the tucking of the skirt did not stay like this for more than half hour.  But it was a cute idea...
I liked the black tights under the nude chiffon skirt. Since it would have been a bit too warm I swapped her grey sweater for my stylemint grey tee instead...

The 'I am almost not crazy' tee from Stylemint...

Jacket, Hat - Forever 21

Tee - Stylemint

Skirt - Romwe

Boots - Steve Madden

Sunglasses - House of Harlow

TODAY:
Had another nice playdate this morning at a friend's house. This was the house of my son's big crush. They had a pretty nice size yard and the kids had so much fun.
Afternoon I dropped them off at my mom and stepdad's house and took sometime for myself.
I tried to gather my girls last minute with no success so decided to do some store browsing instead. I haven't been inside a store for so long it seemed. I got to truly walk every single isle of TJ Maxx for example.
But first I went to this thrift store my mom had been raving about called 'My sister's closet'. I could have never gone there with the kids cause as you know thrift stores require you look through everything.
I managed to find some super cool pieces and somehow they all went together. The girls that worked there so amazed that they kept checking the garment like they couldn't believe all this was in their store and they missed it somehow. I am not surprised cause the main item was this super bright neon nylon jacket by nine west shaped very boxy 'shift dress' style. I loved it. I topped it over a black and white gingham checked taffeta mini skirt with these hip pleats which complimented by curveless body perfectly.
Then found this chiffon blouse with a black and white newspaper like print with touches of pink/red roses and tiny touches of yellow so that also went great under the neon jacket. I already had 4 outfits in my outfit list with a neon top so this is going to be the perfect addition. And for $20 it was perfect.
The skirt was $15. The blouse $8. Even found a black and white gingham blouse I had been looking for. It is cotton and not silk like I wanted but for $5.50 it will do for now.
I also did some much needed shopping for the house later from TJ Maxx and Marshalls. Bought nesting end tables, a new hamper and some cute utensils for the kitchen!