Inspiration by Eyes Blue: The Good Ole Days

Sunday was a perfectly lazy day. We slept in, had pancakes and hung out.

I dressed Mylie in one of her pretty skirts and she was just ridiculously cute.

I'm so thankful for my girly girl!

I tried dressing Ty up in cute clothes when he was little but he would not,

under any circumstances, wear them.

And he was only 2 or 3 and wasn't concerned with looking cool yet.

The cute clothes were just too uncomfortable.

Can't blame him.

But comfortable or not, Mylie gets it that tolerating a little discomfort goes a long way towards looking ADORABLE!

Can't blame her either.

Look at those legs!

These are the good ole days.

I can just imagine Tyler and my conversation in our later years about when the kids were small,

and how we used to venture around together, all the poop stories, the challenges and upsets we got through together, those funny moments when we were parents of young kids sometimes volatile and irrational yet our gifts from heaven here to teach us so much about life.

This is Mylie's sign for LOVE.

She is PURE LOVE...

Sunday evening we went out for dinner and walked down to the beach together.

In between Mylie's waves and hugs to strangers, she stopped to chat with the elephant outside Carp's Thai restaurant. She gave the elephant a big hug.

A few people standing outside just watched her and smiled.
It was a precious moment.

Ty found a stick somewhere along the way.

It was every weapon you can imagine from a light saber to a sword to a slingshot.

I'm so thankful for my boy of all boys. I've learned so much about the male species being his mom.

Carp beach is one of my favorite beaches in the world. It's beautiful, safe for kids to play in the water, has bathrooms near by and free parking out in front. It's a secret. Don't tell anyone is Santa Barbara!