. . . easter parade . . .

. . . this post that started out as 

an easter retrospective . . .

. . . quickly turned into a tribute to:

"our mom spent a lot of time 

trying to find matching outfits for us"

. . . no matter the season/holiday/time of year . . .

. . . this photo hung in our entryway for a long time . . .

. . . because of the extreme cuteness . . . 

{and penny loafers}

. . . easter circa 1992 . . . 

. . . next up ~ christmas 1989 . . .

. . . raffia on a christmas tree 

was never a good idea . . . 

. . . but candy canes on little girls' tights rocked . . . 

. . . two different looks of christmas 1987 . . . 

. . . simply "coordinating" outfits vs . . . 

. . . exact "matchy~matchy" . . . 

. . . make that raffia on a christmas tree 

AND perms were never a good idea . . . 

. . . easter 1988 . . . 

. . . even cousin meagan wore blue . . . 

. . . drew was happy 

to have his gymboree outfit serve as 

the inspiration for this color scheme . . .

. . . fall 1990 . . . 

. . . bangs to heaven and acid washed denim 

were probably 

never a great idea either . . .

. . . sometimes we even let dad join in the springy fun . . .

. . . easter 1987 . . . 

. . . when we finally had a boy 

we went with un"girly" navy blue . . . 

. . . easter 1989 . . .

. . . and the all-time matchy-matchy miracle . . . 

. . . occurred without planning 

at a halloween night 

mhs football game . . . 

. . . especially knowing how i feel about orange . . .

. . . hi lorelei! . . . 

{apologies for scanned photos from the dark ages}