New Favorite Piece from Layth's Closet: Gap Gray Acid Wash Skinny Jeans

Hello My Lovely Readers,

 Just last week I decided to add a new addition to my blog chronicling Layth's outfits as he is my fashion muse. My first post was so well received, I decided to try yet another post dedicated to that subject. If you guys recall, I mentioned about how Layth adamantly choose to wear his Gap Gray Acid Wash Skinny Jeans over the outfit I had originally laid out for him...well, a few weeks later, and those jeans have now become the primary accessory for many of his outfits. My husband hates them insisting their a patronage to the 1980's and a desperate call to follow the newest fashion trend: skinny jeans. Or as he calls them, tapered jeans from the early 80's, reminding him of his school days. Call it what you will, I love skinny jeans; particularly, on Layth (I think they fit his body frame well since he is built with a short torso and long legs). And so, for a day out in Half Moon Bay where we spent the afternoon fighting the wind as we built sandcastles and fed seagulls, Layth, once again, flocked to his gray skinny jeans. Another thing you all need to know about Layth, his daily uniform usually consists of jeans and a polo shirt, so it was not surprising he choose a longer, thicker Polo shirt to tackle the beach winds with his jeans. Since he was old enough to take off jackets, Layth is always finding ways out of them hence why he always accessorizes sweater vests when it comes to Winter time! With his outrageously loud orange polo shirt and grey skinny jeans, Layth looked more ready to tackle the mall or a fashion competition at school versus a day at the beach!

Layth: My Mini Muse

Hello Everyone,
   If you have not already figured it out, but my life pretty much centers around being Layth's personal assistant, chef, playmate, stylist, chauffeur and the list goes with all the other duties that go along with being a mommy. And so, I decided to add a new addition to my blog: Layth's Daily Outifts. I do not know how well you're going to perceive it as readers, but it's a chance I'm willing to take in an effort to add a little spice to my blog. I want my blog to appeal to a large range of readers, and figured this would be one element to my blog, I can actually perfect. For all domestic goddesses everywhere, I do possess one of your skills: being able to dress my son well. Not necessarily, the best skill to be proud of, but one that definitely appeases my interests. So for all of you out there judging, go ahead! And to begin this new segment, I will start with introducing Layth's "First Day of School" outfit. The night before I headed to Marshall's to get Layth some sneakers, since his preschool prefers that children not attend in crocs ( Layth lives in them) since they do not properly secure the foot. Apparently, his shoe size, 10.5 is a very popular size this school year, since neither Marshalls nor Ross had any pair of shoes in that size! Thankfully, he still fit into his Converse sneakers. However, my trips did not go unwarranted since I walked out with this adorable " hipster" inspired two piece Kenneth Cole set.  But since, it did not consist of " blue pants" ie jeans, I knew it was next to impossible to get Layth to willingly agree to wear it without putting a fit.  Of course, my suspicions were right and immediately refused to wear it upon one sight of the outfit. Before I knew it, he was making his way to his room and choosing a pair of grey jeans from Baby Gap, " I want to wear these" as he put it. I figured, "why not?" I just needed to find a top that would match with the jeans. Normally, I pair it will a yellow polo shirt, but that was no where in sight and time was not on my side. Frantically, I searched in his closet to find a shirt that would both match and Layth would willingly aware when I found this NWT " Indigo Star" purchased from Zulily.com. Upon seeing it, Layth put it on without hesitating. Before I realizing it, Layth was rocking the " hipster" looked, and with that he was ready to tackle his first day of school.

Layth's Would Be Outfit

Rockin his outfit

Enjoying his first day of school

Ice Cream, Fruit, Chocolate, Cake: Exquisite Dessert

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   Over the past few weeks, the little lion and I, have been privileged enough to try different foods and desserts of all sorts largely in part of our endless traveling, something that has come at the unfortunate cost of living out of suit cases ( something I would not necessarily recommend with a toddler).  And one dessert we came across while on one of our trips was this combination of candy bars, fruit, cake and ice cream, or in other words, what my cousin calls " fruit salad."
While on vacation to my parents' house in Panama City, we were surprised with my cousin Maher and his wife, Lina's visit ( apparently, someone had forgotten to give us the memo they were coming to visit). Being their visiting from Damascus, they insisted they stay on the beach; personally, I do not blame them. And so, it was planned that Layth and I would spend the day with them on the beach and later accompany them for lunch. Given it was scorching hot that day, it was only complimentary we would have ice cream as dessert. Lunch was great, something my mouth hasn't had  in a long time, rice with grilled mushrooms, but it was the dessert that really awakened my senses. When Lena insisted she serve me ice cream, I expected maybe a traditional one or two scoops of ice cream served in either a dish or cone. But when I saw both Lina and Maher preparing it, I knew I was in store for a surprise. First, Lena served three scoops of ice cream, vanilla, chocolate and strawberry respectively, while Maher, took Crunch and Kit Kat Bars and cut them into small individual pieces. Then came the cutting of the fruits, strawberries, pineapples and bananas. Once the fruits were cut and topped onto the ice cream, came the individual chocolate pieces. The presentation was immaculate, but the taste was even better. It awakened tastes I also had not had in a long time. Of course, Lena insisted there was more to dessert when she cut up a slice of yellow flavored bunt cake and instructed me to put the the scoop of dessert on top. Expecting I would go into sugar coma or my taste buds to react vigorously, I was shockingly surprised: the dessert left me wanting more. Lina insisted it was no trouble at all as she continued making the dessert for Layth as well. Normally, I would not allow the little lion to be exposed to as much sugar, but I could not let his taste buds miss out on this exquisite dessert.  He, too, agreed, it would be dessert we would definitely be having again. And, we did! The following afternoon, when we went to visit for a walk on the beach, Lina had that same dessert awaiting us!


Ingredients:

• Ice Cream
• Mini Crunch Bars
• Mini Kit Kat Bars
• Whoppers ( Chocolate Malt Balls)
• Cake ( optional)
• Strawberries
• Bananas
• Pineapples

The Dessert

Lena and Maher Preparing the Dessert

Lena and Maher

The Main Dish