Dr. Seuss Day Cuties!

Celebrating Dr. Seuss Day at school in their Seussical finest!

Book Character Day!

Today was Book Character Day at CPS! This is Katie Anne's first Book Character Day, so it was so fun for us to dress up in coordinating costumes - she was Dorothy and I was Glinda the Good Witch from The Wizard of Oz.  We both had a great time marching in the CPS Book Character Parade.  We had a big audience to watch us - Saunders, Gigi, Granddad, Mamaw, Doc, and VJ all came to see the parade!  When KA went back to the PreK building, I had a party with my students.  (She'd had her party yesterday.)  It was a great day!

 

 

 

Dress Up Fun

Katie Anne loves to play dress up right now.  She dresses up as someone different every day.  Of course, her favorites are the Disney princesses, but she thinks of lots of other people to be, too.  She's been a doctor, a waitress, a rock star, a bride, a vet, a mommy, an astronaut, a ballerina, and lots more.  Today, she was Cinderella.  

When it was time to run some errands, she asked if she could wear her Cinderella outfit.  For a second, I thought about saying no, but then I thought: If you can't wear your dress up clothes to Target at four years old, when can you?  Plus, the time for her to actually be playing dress up and pretending to be a princess is probably passing even faster than I realize, so I told her that she could definitely wear her dress up clothes to Target.  So, Cinderella, SJ, and I ran our errands in style today!

At lunchtime, it was time for Belle to make an appearance.  This time, Katie Anne let SJ get into the dress up fun, too!

Beautiful Belle

Katie Anne is so excited about going to Disney for her birthday, and she wants to have a dress-up birthday party after we return from our trip so that she can be her favorite princess at her party!  Now, who her favorite princess is changes quite often.  She goes back and forth between Belle, Ariel, and Tiana every couple of days.  Today, I wanted to make some pictures of her in a dress-up outfit for her birthday invitation, so I let her choose what she wanted to wear for the pictures.  She chose to dress up as Belle, complete with her dress-up wig!  

 

She looked so precious running around the front yard, all decked out in her Belle dress and fancy hair.  

 

 

We can't wait to see her dressed up with her favorite princesses at Disney World in a few weeks!

Snowy Days Dress Up

During the remainder of the snow days - when the snow was too icy or mushy to play in - we spent a lot of time playing inside.  One of Katie Anne's favorite things to do is to dress up, so she spent lots of the snowy afternoons dressing up in lots of fancy and fun combinations!  Here's one of her best ones:

 

But who likes to play dress up alone?  No one!  So, Katie Anne dressed SJ up as her fellow bunny, and he thought that was very fun:

 

Two cute dressed up bunnies and lots of brother-sister good times!

A Real Runway Model!

You may remember that Katie Anne is an avid Project Runway fan and loves to stalk the runways with her fierce face.  Well, today she really got the chance to walk in a fashion show!  We get lots of Katie Anne's and SJ's embroidered clothes from my friend Tara at Collections by Tara Nicole.  Tara sells her stuff directly through her blog, but she also sells her embroidered items at Gigi's Hidden Treasures, a local store owned by my friend - and former 8th grade rec soccer teammate! - Hannah.  This weekend was the Taste of Cartersville downtown, and Hannah was participating in a fashion show showcasing local vendors' clothing selections.  So, Tara asked if Katie Anne would be interested in modeling some of her new Christmas shirts, and of course our little model was more than ready!

Katie Anne was sooo excited about modeling today.  This morning, she practiced her fierce walk and pouty face all morning long - she marched all over the house with her hands on her hips.  She changed from her black pants to her skinny jeans ... and then back to her black pants again ... but we took the jeans in SJ's diaper bag just in case.  She changed shoes twice and finally settled on her "fashion model shoes" - her new black shiny patent leather mary janes with three little diamonds on the buckle.  She wanted me to take three possible hairbows with me in the bag, too ... but I had to draw the line somewhere, so we settled on red.  She didn't think 12:30 was ever going to get here!

Finally, we got to go to Gigi's and get dressed in her "I Believe" Santa shirt.  She was so pumped, and she got a little nervous when she saw the big crowd waiting to watch the show - including Daddy and SJ, Gigi and Granddad, Doc and VJ, and Mamaw.  By the time she was ready to walk out, she was over her bit of nerves and ready to go ... but she was disappointed that she just got to walk over to the stage and stand there.  She wanted to work a full runway!  She had her end-of-the-runway pose down to a science - it included a smirk with drawn eyebrows, then a smile, then a turn and over-the-shoulder smolder.  However, she made the most of it and worked it as hard as she could in the distance she had to walk, and she got a great reaction from the crowd with her twisty walk and hands on hips.  My guess is that most people thought she was pouty onstage, though ... let's face it:  your average Georgia fashion show watcher just doesn't recognize the haute couture pose and facial expression of a true New York runway model.  Katie Anne had a great time overall and says she can't wait to model again!  

Here are pictures from her day as a runway diva...

Jones Family Dance Party

Pictures from the most recent (and SJ's first) 

Jones Family Dance Party:

 

Costumes provided by Katie Anne

Music provided by Kidz Bop 18

Fun had by all!

A Jolly Good Time!

Yesterday, we went to Little Bear's Playground to meet up with Erin, Ella, and Colin Jolly.  This was our first time to meet little Colin, and we were excited to see him!  Of course, the big sisters had a good time playing together and the mommies had fun catching up, too.  We got some cute pictures of the girls playing ...

and some hilarious ones of the boys!

It is hard to pose a six-week-old and a one-month-old, but we did our best.  They look like two total thugs in those pictures!  Also, I snapped a few full-body shots of them both, and SJ4 looks like Lil' Abner!  He's only two weeks older than Colin, and SJ4 looks like a giant compared to him.  

 Colin is a normal-sized baby, too - it isn't like he's a runt.  SJ4 is just living up to his nickname of "The Little Big Man" because he is b.i.g!

Fierce and Fashion Forward

Last weekend, we had to make a Costco run to stock up on formula for SJ4.  While we were there, we looked through the clothing section to see if they had any bigger baby clothes for Little Big Man- he's already outgrowing most of what's in his dresser!  We picked up a few 6 months fall outfits for him, and I found the cutest pair of blue jeans for Katie Anne!

Katie Anne has never been a fan of jeans.  When I first tried to dress her in them, she complained that the waist band cut into her sides.  Plus, with her diaper on, the size that fit over her diaper was way too long in the legs.  Then, when she got a little older and was not wearing diapers anymore, I realized that her long legs and skinny butt didn't make a good match in any jeans sizes - she really needed a 3T for the waist and a 5T for the length.  So, we've never had any jeans she could really wear, and I'd really given up hope of finding any until she's older.

Well, when I checked out these Levis skinny jeans at Costco (which were a great price as well), I realized that they're not really denim - they're a cotton/spandex mix that's a lot softer and more like a pair of knit pants.  (Knit pants are all KA likes to wear in the winter.)  I was so excited!  One of the drawbacks of Costco shopping is that you can't try on the clothes there, so I bought KA a 4T and crossed my fingers that they'd fit once we got them home.

Today, we tried on the pants.  They look totally cute and - the best part - she says they feel great!  She was excited to do a little runway modeling for me in the foyer.

  

You may think this facial expression means that she isn't liking the jeans, but you'd be wrong.  We love to watch Project Runway together, and she always points out how mean and/or sad the models look on the runway.  So, this is her "fierce" modeling face.

Here's a video of her runway walking!

They had the jeans in a few different colors - and of course we all know colored jeans are hot this season.  I wish I'd gotten her jeans in a few more colors!  I'm going back to Costco on Monday to get some supplies for Saunders's birthday party, and hopefully they'll still have the jeans in stock so I can grab KA a few more!

Fashionista!

Katie Anne is getting into picking out her own clothes.  She's been picking her own shirts and hairstyle - and sometimes shorts or shoes  - for awhile now, but lately she's been asking to choose her looks from head to toe.  On Saturday, she dressed herself entirely on her own in this little ensemble.  She even picked the side ponytail herself!  

Katie Anne is so funny - and so fashionable, too!

Mustache Friday

SJ4 as The Sheriff!

Watch out boys - there's a new sheriff in town!

Katie Anne the Sheriff!

Mustache Thursday

SJ4 as The Weasel!

Can't you just hear the maniacal laughter!?!? 

Muahh-ahh!

(That's really a yawn.)

Katie Anne the Weasel!