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Style Slump

Holly Jirovsky
Jul 15, 2014

Like most pregnant women (especially moms already), I have stumbled into a style slump. The cause of the slump is mainly due to expanding waistlines and lack of energy. I blame things like t-ball, VBS and crazy schedules. I have yet to succumb to the dreaded maternitywear but I know it is fast approaching. How am I getting through it? Elastic. It is your friend when you are in the strange stages of pregnancy that don’t require full belly panels.

I am determined to come out of my slump.

With things like street dances and county fairs and girls nite out to look forward to, it makes a person think about what they are putting on their body. And creates a little more excitement=No More Slump.

For the next few days, I’m going to take a boring outfit and jazz it up to make it a little less slumpish. Drab to fab!

And I’ll be modeling this myself. So please excuse my baby bump!

#drabtofab

A New Low

Holly Jirovsky
Jul 14, 2014

Just because I’m a stay-at-home mom, write for this blog, etc. doesn’t mean I’m super mom. Trust me. There are lots of ugly moments. We have our good days too. But yesterday was not one of them.

I decided yesterday to take a few hours off. I put my phone on the charger and headed upstairs to clean up a few major messes that have been staring at me all through VBS and vacations. The kids were resting with their dad. It was nice. It was quiet. And then I realized it was too quiet.

Upon a trip back downstairs I heard my phone go off and I stopped to check my messages. It was then I realized that my boys had missed a friend’s birthday party.

Mother & Son

Image via freedigitalphotos.net by David Castillo Dominici

Mom of the year. This is what happens when I try to take a few minutes off of my phone and check out! I immediately called the boy’s mother to explain that we had forgotten. And then I had to break the news to the boys.

They were not happy. One cried.

What are you going to do in situations like this? Well, first of all, I apologized. It had been a very busy weekend with our town celebrations. And I was looking forward to a day of resting and relaxing at home. So I just didn’t check the calendar. Super mom, I am not.

And then I tried to make things better. We are spending the day with said neglected birthday boy in the hopes that our fun day will make up for the loss of the birthday party.

Oh, and the Mr. also took them golfing. So all was forgotten very quickly.

And that’s the great thing about kids. They are quick to forgive and forget. Even when mom makes mistakes. Wouldn’t it be nice if we all were so willing to let the hurts of today go so quickly?

So just incase you are having a day like mine. Remember that being a mom means things like this happen. The Halloween costume gets forgotten for school. Your child goes to picture day wearing a ratty old t-shirt. You’re 30 minutes late for pick up at practice. That’s life for most of us moms at some point or another.

Thank goodness for grace.

#parenting

Family Pictures- Part III

Holly Jirovsky
Jul 11, 2014

Here is an example of what to wear to family pictures. Let’s say you’re taking pictures by the lake and want a nautical theme, which is so cute and popular right now.

This is for a family of six and clearly the more members of your family, the harder it is to coordinate. But you don’t have to stick to one color. This is really a blue and white theme. You could add yellow or coral or hot pink to this color arrangement besides any other neutral.

Keep in mind that while mom and dad are wearing solids, they may be holding one of the other family members, so those patterns will break up their solid blue.

Cheers to you brave, hopefully smiling, family photo takers!

Family Pictures by stylefromthesticks featuring white flat shoes