Courtney Courtney - Part Deux

You may remember last month the photos of Ellie in her adorable Courtney Courtney Seahorse dress? Well, I did a shoot for her yesterday with some items she sent over.  The shirt was custom made for Gavin with his age on the front and he couldn't stop talking about how "Courtney made it JUST FOR ME.  It's a FIVE.  I'm FIVE!!" like - how did she know!? Hilarious. 

I wanted to so something really colorful for Courtney to play off the bright colors of her clothing line so I took the kids to the Capitola Beach.  I don't usually take them there because:

1) It's always packed on a hot day and the kids and I hate feeling crowded at the beach

2)  It's not the cleanest of the local beaches

But, the surrounding downtown Capitola with all its bright and colorful buildings were a perfect backdrop so that's where we went.  The beach was unusually stinky, full of seaweed, crowds and biting flies.  We didn't last long there and it was blazing hot AND the sun was just too harsh for me.  I don't like taking photos with that kind of light. 

Plus, I wasn't getting much cooperation.  Gavin wanted to be in the waves, Ellie wanted to be FAR away from the waves, they both wanted to be far away from the seaweed (there was a ton for some reason) and so no matter what I suggested, it wasn't happening.  Finally I asked them to just hold hands and skip together and they happily complied.  Those two love skipping!

Then to get out of the harsh light I put them on the shaded side of a perfectly white and blue colored lifeguard tower.  The rays of sun kept peaking through and messing up my focus and throwing off my meter but I still got some cute ones.

Then off to the buildings.  Gavin stayed behind with dad who had arrived to join us for dinner out.  Ellie and I went off to find a pink house.  It didn't take long and she happily danced, jumped and twirled in front of her colorful doorways.  I definitely got some keepers there.

Then off to a totally unhealthy dinner at the ice cream parlor.  Not a vegetable to be seen.  My kids were in heaven of course, as this is not our usual fare...  And yeah, mom got an ice cream too! Ha!

If you get a chance go check out Courtney's Etsy store here.  The clothes are uber comfortable and perfect for any occasion.  Plus Courtney is just a super nice gal.

Enjoy!

Here Ellie is just having a "moment"... it passed relatively quickly.

Above was her Dr. Jekyll and below is her Mr. Hyde.  All within nanoseconds...

The natives were growing restless waiting for their chicken nuggets...

I'm BORED!

Yeah, so Gavin has this THING he can do with his tongue... it totally grosses me out so anytime he wants me to stop taking pictures he does it and then he cracks up at the look of disgust on my face.

Yes, they BOTH chose the bright pink ice cream....  I, of course, had my old standby: mint chocolate chip.  This set was all taken with one hand on the camera, the other holding a dripping cone so bear with me ok?

Toady is supposed to be another scorcher... Man, I wish we had a pool!!!

Comments

[Courtney / courtneycourtney]

Pascale is the coooolest mom!

I'm so happy Gavin likes his shirt!
It doesn't even look like it's 100 degrees.
Love all their funny faces, especially when Ellie looks off to the side!

Already brainstorming new ideas!
Yay for Pascale!

[nakcus]

Love your blog and pictures! Also LOVE your daughters' haircut. She really looks cute and spunky!

[Pascale]

Courtney,
We make a good team sista! :)
Yay for Courtney!
Pascale

Nakcus,
Thanks for your comment! I'm really actually starting to LIKE her haircut, which if you had said I would like it the day she got it cut I probably woul have hurt you... :)
It's really growing on me and does totally suit her personality.
Take care!
Pascale