Starting The School Year Off In Style ... Karis Kisses Style

This week was the girls first week back to school.  Riley started kindergarten this year and Reagan moved up to the big kids class (4-5 year olds) at preschool.  Brian and I have always made a big deal about school, how important it is, and how fun it can be to both of our girls.  This has created a really positive outlook on school with both our girls.  They both love learning and look forward to going to school each day.  With that said my girls couldn't wait to start the new school year and of course they wanted to start the year off in style.  That meant new cloths, a new backpack, and with a little help from my friend Amanda at Karis Kisses, some new hair accessories to tie their whole outfit together.

Ever since Karis Kisses opened up for business I've been dying to try out their exquisite hair pieces on my two girls.  Unfortunately my girls are not the girly type and normally will not let me fix their hair in any way except with a brush ... if I'm lucky.  Sad as it was I tried to accept the fact that I would not get to use all the cute hair accessories that other girls adorned in their hair.  With our recent pregnancy I had new hope that we would have a girl and I would start her off in bows and headbands from the beginning.  No such luck.  We're having a boy (don't get me wrong ... we couldn't be happier to even out the hormones in our house and stray away from the pink).  I thought all was lost ... until ... the girls both agreed and were psyched to dress up nice for the first day of school, and that included going all out with a little bling and elegance in their hair.  Squeeeee!!  I can't wait to dress up my girls!

For RILEY I chose an elegant pink hand rolled chiffon flower with a glitzy rhinestone center mounted on top of a silver metal headband.  Pink was a no brainer.  It's been Riley's favorite color forever.  She instantly lit up when we she first saw it and wanted to wear it immediately.  No no though.  She'd have to wait a few more days till the first day of school.  Monday finally came and she was so excited to finally sport her new clothes, backpack, and Karis Kisses headband of course.  She looked too cute!  The headband fit perfectly and held up perfectly throughout the entire day.  The flower is just velcro'ed on so you could theoretically get different colors of headbands, clips, or ponytail holders and move the flower to each one.  I think I'll get a soft elastic headband to switch the flower out to.  The elastic would be a lot more comfortable to wear for long periods of time.  The metal one would be great for going out to dinner and taking photographs.  Overall Riley had a great day at school and she looks forward to each day to come.

Riley was all smiles and ready for Kindergarten ! ! !

For REAGAN I chose a duo of moonstitch double bows in turquoise with a contrasting chocolate brown accent.  Blue is Reagan's favorite color so I just knew she would love them.  I had them mounted on alligator clips since if I'm doing Reagan's hair she prefers it to be pigtails.  Just like Riley, she was totally excited when she saw them.  Even a girl that never wears hair accessories would get excited looking at bows this cute.  For Reagan's first day in her new class I picked out a turquoise ruffle top, brown balloon skirt, and brown leggings to match her Karis Kisses bows.  Even her pink backpack had hints of turquoise in the polk a dots.  She looked too cute.  Unfortunately Reagan didn't take her first day at school quite as well as Riley did as you can see by the pictures.  Riley tried to comfort her as we dropped her off.  Luckily by the end of the day she was all smiles and nothing cheers her up more than Sushi for lunch.  Through it all her hair still looked perfect when I picked her up.  Not a strand of hair escaped the alligator clips.  Now that's a strong hold!

Reagan needed a little pep talk from her sister but she was happy by the end of the day with her sushi.

Now that I know the girls will let me doll them up I can't wait for the next big event that I can shop Karis Kisses for more cute designs.  I'm thinking our Christmas family photo will be the perfect opportunity to break out the big guns of cuteness.  Be sure to check back again this fall to see what super cute hair accessories we pick out next time.  Too bad Lincoln won't be able to join in on the fun.  I'll have to think of something extra special for him to wear.  That's something to think of later though.  I'll shelf that idea for another day and another one of my Adventures In Fluff ... and other mommy stuff.

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