Look Linger Love

I am officially the mother of a first grader. Yesterday was Lilly’s first day back and school and she LOVED it! Thank goodness. I vividly remember when Lilly was a baby and thinking that any kid over the age of 5 looked huge and that I just couldn’t even imagine having kids so big. Time just flies by and kids grow. Fletcher will begin his last year of pre-school in a month!

I picked up a lot of Lilly’s back to school clothes at J.Crew Factory and am so pleased with the styles and prices! This navy peter pan collar dress might be my favorite of them all. It’s so sweet.

And they have my absolute favorite t-shirts for boys. The colors are just right and they’re super soft. And Fletcher’s zip up fleece hoodie is really soft, too, and perfect for chilly mornings this fall.

Isn’t Lilly’s glitter apple purse adorable? It goes great with her glitter slip on sneakers. This is the second year in a row that we’ve gotten these sneakers for Lilly, they’re her most favorite! They’re perfect on the playground and go great with dresses or pants.

Lilly Wearing:

j.crew factory peter pan collar dress,

j.crew factory glitter slip on sneakers, j.crew factory apple glitter bag

Fletcher Wearing:

j.crew factory zip up fleece hoodie,

j.crew factory pocket t-shirt, j.crew factory blue shorts

There are so many cute things in J.Crew Factory’s Back To School section! Here are a few more of my favorites for the girls and the boys – and the whole J.Crew Factory site is 40% off now through 8/18, with an additional 20% off when you use or open a J.Crew Card and use code “CARDPERK”. Happy Back to school shopping :)

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Photography by Gray Benko. Thank you to J.Crew Factory for partnering on this post.

Shoe Carnival provided me with product and compensation. The opinions I have shared about the products are my own.

Where did our summer go? And by summer I mean school break, because the heat isn’t leaving Charleston anytime soon. Seems like last week when summer began!

Lucky for me both Lilly and Fletcher are excited to go back to school (mainly to see all of their friends and talk about their summers…)! It’s always fun to see how everyone has grown in the short 3 month break that always manages to make the biggest difference in the lives of little ones. For instance, anyone ever notice how last year’s shoes no longer fit?

We popped over to Shoe Carnival and the kids picked out some new sneakers to run around in at recess. They have great, comfortable shoes at great back to school prices and my kids had no problem finding a pair that they loved!

No lie, Lilly actually said it felt like she was walking on a cloud when she put on her new shoes for the first time! And I really love the pretty shade of light blue on her Nike running shoes. It looks so cute with that little pink Nike swoosh.

And Fletcher’s cute navy New Balances… adorable in the mini size, don’t you think?? I’ve always been a big fan of New Balance and Shoe Carnival has a great collection by them. Navy is good classic color that will go with everything he has.

No surprise to any of you, back to school shopping was always my most anticipated part of the beginning of each school year :) It feels so good to get some fresh clothes and shoes and start a new year. Be sure to check out Shoe Carnival for their great back to school selection!

Wearing:

Nike light blue shoes (on Lilly), New Balance navy shoes (on Fletcher)

Photography by Gray Benko.