Believe it or not, I’ve never actually met most of the Weekly Kiddos we feature. I think I’ve met, hmmmm, two? Yup. Wolfie and Georgia! (My little sweetie and Dottie’s adorable girlie.) But that’s what makes this feature so much fun—the never ending stream of crazy cute kiddos that appear in my In Box. This week’s lil man is especially fun for me because he belongs to a sweet new bloggie friend. I “met” Kristin back when we were launching Modern Kiddo. Dottie and I were smitten with her shop, klt:works and thought she was sooo talented. As we began to chat I discovered she was also totally sweet, cool and fun AND she was a mama! Her little guy is an awesome little two and half year old named Sayer and he’s our Weekly Kiddo! Lemme tell ya he’s a cutie:

I love this red and white stripey shirt with blue jeans. From our pals at Polarn O. Pyret.

I love that groovy graphic tee Sayer’s sportin’! Those little buses are kee-yoot! It’s also from Polarn O. Pyret!

Sayer loungin’ on all of mama’s rad vintage fabrics.  (Dottie is drooling over them, to be sure! hee)
The grey thermal is from Alternative Apparel.

Look WHOO WHOO is wearing a charming klt:works owl tee designed by his mama??

This Fore! Axel & Hudson fedora is killing me…..the littlest minstrel with his ukulele! The groovy button up shirt is from Old Navy.

I love Sayer’s caps….totally adorable! This pub cap is from Knuckleheads. (The kitty tee is klt:works, of course!)

Hee hee. Nooooooo Sayer isn’t named for Leo Sayer…..he’s named after artist/photographer Richard Sayer (a good family friend!) but this picture cracked me up!

So Mr. Sayer is a well rounded cutie. He loves music, especially Dan Zanes, Louis Armstrong and lots of Yo Gabba Gabba hits (like Biz Markie, Cornelius and the Aquabats). He’s gotten quite good at the harmonica and also fiddles around on the drums, guitar, and tambourine! Like all red-blooded lads, Sayer is a lover of trains (THOMAS!) and has a penchant for fire engines and garbage trucks.

His mama tells us that Sayer is a big cuddle bug and he loooves to work with her in the studio, where he is an excellent advisor and helper when it comes to organizing her  thread. When snack time rolls around he loves smoothies, Jamba Juice (carrot and orange….hey Sayer, that’s one of my faves too!), yogurt & granola, green grapes and applesauce. Wolfie was extremely pleased to hear Sayer loves tortilla chips and “everything” bagels with cream cheese! He also just got a baby skateboard (RAD!) and loves it—watching the instructional video about 25 times. Hee. Aw yes, safety before shredding, Sayer. I approve! Kristin, thank you so much for sharing this adorable lil man with us!

This week we have a special little sweetie from Springfield, Missouri! Her mama is the stylish and creative Amy who clearly has an appreciation for the days of yesterday—she gave her the awesomely, old-timey name Mathilda, which is just about the cutest thing ever! Little Miss Mathilda has four siblings, including two older sisters, who provide plenty of sassy hand-me-downs for this stylish little gal. Her fun wardrobe is made up of lots of vintage and thrift-store treasures with, of course, the occasional new item thrown in for good measure! When you see how cute she is, you’ll die. Let the Walzing Mathilda begin!


CUTE! Love the moccasin booties and adorable overalls!

Tee hee. A little bit dirndl chic, a little bit Red Riding Hood and a whole lotta CUTE.

The long stripey legwarmer knee socks make this outfit adorable.

Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner!!! Tutu and vintage roller skates? Hellllo. This is SO Mathilda’s album cover in about 10 years.

Chillin’ with her best girls….I love her red dress and look at that smile!

This is the most adorable rain combo. The sweet buttercup yellow vintage dressie and then those totally utilitarian wellies is AWESOME.

Mathilda is one of those awesome little hybrid girls—she loves fun girlie things like roller skating and playing dress-up, but she also likes to climb trees and hang out with her four urban chickens. CHICKENS??? WOW!  I love it!  The lovely Mathilda has a sweet kitty cat named Casper that she looves and her mama says she charms the neighbors with daily visits to cheer them up! I am pretty taken with this little lady’s style—don’t you think she’s the bees knees?? Amy, thanks for sharing your gorgeous girlie with us!

Gather ’round pardners. Man do I have something extra-awesome special for ya’ll this week at the Cute Kiddo Corral. You may have noticed that our little Weekly Kiddo logo has a boy AND a girl on it today. Can you guess why? Yup. TWINS. We have TWINS this week! And when you see little Olive and Calder you are going to flip. These are two super stylish little cuties—and they’re only 2 1/2 years old. They’re mom has a great eye for fashion and loves to buy from second-hand, consignment or thrift stores, and ebay. We love this! And she still manages to rock some really hip brands too. Olive, Calder….are you ready? Wonder twin powers, activate!

Olive
+ Small paul tee
+ Mama-made birdie skirt (alexander henry fabric)
+ Socks, little miss matched (So cute! Dottie just posted about these last week…)
+ Black Converse sneaks

Calder
+ Shorts, tee and socks, The Gap
+ Black Converse sneaks

Meet Calder!

+ Super cool cowboy shirt by Ramonster
+ Jeans by paper denim cloth
+ Handmade cap
+ Tri-colored converse

Meet Olive!

+ Amazing cotton candy pink dress by kate mack
+ Socks by little miss matched
+ Black Converse

Calder

+ Wave tee by tea collection
+ Jean shorts by paper denim cloth
+ Purple sandal shoes, by keen
+ Rad Houndstooth Hat by knuckleheads

Olive (she’s up there in the distance—looking adorable even when she’s blurry!)

+ Cat dress by ZAZA

+ Apron dress by matilda jane

Calder
+ Cheeky monkey tee by MORFS
+ Gap jeans
+ Black converse

Olive
+ Oink baby dress
+ Stride rite socks
+ Red cowboy boots by old west

Calder

+ Bubble dot retro cowboy, Ramonster
+ Jeans by paper denim cloth

Olive

+ Birdie shirt, Oilily
+ Handmade wooden camera

+ Mama made popeye and olive oyl halloween costumes (um, hello….so cute! Olive Oyle is perfect, but check out Popeye’s forearms! “I’m strong to the finitch ’cause I eats me spinach….”

+ Matching Monkey Jammies, Old Navy

olive
+ oilily (unfinished forest) dress
+ mushroom shoes by livie and luca

calder
+ ramonster cowboy shirt
+ jeans by paper denim cloth
+ handmade hat

So usually I do a little write up about our sweet Weekly Kiddo, but since we have TWO this week, i wanted to make sure they each got their time in the spotlight. I asked their awesome mama Kristen to give me some fun tidbits about these two superstars—so take a gander:

10 things about calder

1. calder is a VERY sweet boy with HUGE brown eyes and a bright smile!
2. he often pretends to be a dinosaur we’ve named ‘caldersaurus rex’ that likes to give hugs and kisses…oh, and ROARRRR.
3. he won’t try meat, and can tell when ANY meat products are in a recipe…he won’t even touch a piece of cheese pizza that was next to a piece with meat:)
4. calder loves fish, and helps us take care of our salt water fish aquarium.
5. calder spends HOURS making ‘animal parades’ with his animal figurines…lining them up…sometimes stretching the length of the house
6. the boy also loves bugs and will FREAK out is someone accidentally steps on an ant hill
7. calder food groups CHEESE, YOUGURT, GRANOLA, and FRUIT
8. calder loves being outside, and riding his balance bike around the block to ‘visit’ our neighborhood fire station
9. he LOVES hats, and insists on choosing the right one each day!
10. calder was named after the artist ALEXANDER CALDER

10 things about olive
1. olive is our snickerdoodle, she is sassy, and fun.
2. olive has been picking out her own clothes since she was 14 months old…her style is VERY funky, extremely colorful and sometimes mismatched!
3. olive loves art, and will often work on the same piece of art for an hour or more
4. olive takes her babies (gracie and dot) EVERYWHERE with her
5. olive likes to pretend she’s a dino we’ve named OLIVE RAPTOR that has an ear piercing shriekkkkk
6. while olive shares the love for cheese and yogurt with calder, MEAT has always been her favorite.
7. olive once told a stranger at an art opening her name was ‘avocado’
8. olive has always loved to dance, and make up silly songs.
9. olive is a HUGE fan of carousels
10 olive’s middle name is ‘sanctuario’ named after sanctuario de chimayo in Chimayo, NM

HOW CUTE ARE THESE LIL TWINS??? I love sweet Calder the awesome vegetarian animal lover and spunky Olive “Avocado” the art lover. I think it’s so excellent that their parents take them to museums and art openings. I can’t wait to see these little twin stars in a couple of years. Something tells me they’ll just keep getting cuter and even more creative! Thanks Kristen for sharing these two special kiddos with us!

Guess what people? It’s FRIDAY! And that means we have a three day weekend ahead of us. WHooo hoo! This week I have a special little girlie for you. This is Beatrice Birdie. She’s only 2 1/2 but this spunky lil monkey already has mad style! Get ready to be charmed my friends. Take it away Bea!

+ Chickadee peasant shirt, Vintage
+ Skinny jeans, Gap
+ Pink Converse One Stars, Target

+ Plaid dress, Vintage
+ Straight-leg jeans, Old Navy
+ Squeakers Sneaks, with the squeaks removed (wise move, mama!)
+ Hot pink sunnies, Target

+ Yellow floral top, Old Navy
+ Capri jeans, Old Navy
+ White cardigan, Cherokee for Target
+ Flower headband, Target
+ Yellow jellies, Old Navy

+ Apple red jumper dress, vintage
+ Straight leg jeans, Target
+ White onesie tee, Target
+ Purple sneaks, Old Navy

+ Blue paisley top, GAP
+ Skinny Jeans, J.Crew Crew Cuts
+ Knit Flapper Headband: Jek in the Box (on Etsy)
+ Cool Cigar Box ukulele: by Uncle Jeff (husband to Ms. Jek!)

And because that little plaid vintage dress is so cute, one more time! I love it paired with the little pink Converse. It’s a perfect example of taking a slightly proper vintage dressie and turning it into something cool, spunky and wearable!

Yes. My girl Bea is holding a banjo. How cute is she?? Little Honey Bea loves animals but us especially fond of panda bears. She is a nature girl at heart and loves the grass, the sun, the beach and balloons. (YAY for balloons!) Her cool mama Natalie tells us that when meal time rolls around, she really digs Miso soup and pickles, which is just about the coolest and most random combo ever. Go Beatrice! This little sweetie loves story time and her favorite book is Ferdinand the Bull.  Seeing her with her banjo and ukulele, it won’t come as a surprise that she is crazy about music and she loooves to dance!! Her favorite song is Yellow Submarine but she falls asleep listening to Beach House. Needless to say, she’s a super rad kid. Hip hip hooray for Little Miss Bea!

Have an awesome weekend my friends. Dottie and I are taking Monday off to enjoy Memorial Day with our families, but we’ll be seeing ya bright eyed and bushy tailed on Tuesday!