my silly anna

A recent conversation with Anna, 2 yr 7 mo:

Anna, studying herself in the mirror says- "What happened to Annie's nose??"

 Me- "You hurt it when you fell face-first off the swing!"

Anna, thinking, studies herself in the mirror a bit more, then says (in her most sympathetic 2 year old voice)- "Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww......, poor Annie....."
 

anna's style

My beautiful girl is officially 2 and 1/2 today. She is independent, strong and sassy. She really has us all wrapped around her little finger! I mean, who can resist this sweet redhead and her individual sense of style? Here's some of what she treats us with:

 Underpants on her head (not to worry, they are clean!)

Two skirts over pants

 Leotard, skirt and rain boots

 Time has taught me that this phase will eventually pass. Little girls grow into big girls that care about hair and fashion. Rather than wasting time arguing about clothes, we let her be, at least when she is home. What a blessing she is! We are loving this time of her life, despite all the laundry she produces with her five outfits a day! :)

If Only.....

If only a picture could capture the way her curls bounce when she turns her little head....

 

News

We received some news almost 3 weeks ago.

 It wasn't happy news.

Scott was suddenly and unexpectedly laid off from work.

 It was quite the shock. Since then we have moved from the shocked stage to the "huh, what now?" stage.

Naughty, naughty girl!

It hasn't been easy,

We whale spout, do you whale spout?

but we have felt God's blessings at every turn!

 We know He will take care of us, and we are trying not to be anxious.

 Life has a funny way of continuing on despite hardships.

Getting ready to sword fight the princess.

I'm glad it does.

His dramatic death by sword :)

And I'm thankful for all our blessings, especially my happy 12 Macklets.

The princess that won

 Yep. I think we're going to be alright!

More Sewing for Disney

Totally carried away?

Maybe....

Josiah is loving his pirate Mickey Mouse shirt!

And I made a matching one for Ethan!

A Minnie Mouse shirt for Sarah.

 Next I took the scraps from Anna's Minnie Mouse pillowcase dress, cut them into pieces,

 and made a fun Minnie!

 Also for Sarah!

Then I wanted to make some Minnie Mouse outfits for the little girls, but I couldn't find any girl's short sleeved shirts, so I bought these:

 clearance men's shirts from the Gap.

 I cut them WAY down and lettuce-edged the bottom and sleeves. Decorated the shirts and made matching skirts based on this idea!

For my totally uncooperative model, I made a little Minnie Mouse peasant dress!

And each girl has a Minnie Mouse hair pretty, also from here.

Phew!

Now I can pack! 

Linked Up:

Shwin & Shwin 

Sewing for Disney

Since the three little girls got princess dresses, I decided to make Anna a Minnie Mouse pillowcase dress!

I used multiple ideas I saw on the internet to put this together, so nothing specific followed!

I definitely could have made this smaller for my tiny girl, but I think it's still cute! I used jumbo ric-rac and appliqued a Minnie on the front.

 And of course no outfit is complete without a matching hair pretty! A hair bow from the same ribbon as the straps with a Minnie "button" in the middle. (I found this in the scrapbooking section of Jo-Ann's. It actually had foam sticky stuff on the back that I pulled off. Whatever works, right?)

 One more Disney dress done for my smallest princess! 



Linked Up:
Tatertots & Jello 

Happy Birthday, Baby!

Oh, my beautiful baby girl...

it doesn't seem that long ago you came to us looking like this!

 But now you are a such a big girl!

 Clever, independent, full of spunk.

You have made our lives better, and we are so thankful for you! 

We all love you so, Annie-Bananie.

Happy 1st Birthday, Anna!

The 12 month re-cap: