Kaylin's Fashion Corner: Layering

These pictures were all taken within one month. I guess we went through a fashion phase in November-December.

Here we have an outfit put together during "quiet time". She went in the bonus room wearing the dress and leggings. While she was in there she decided the outfit required a leotard over the dress, most of the dress was scrunched up in the back. She also added a princess tiara. I couldn't get a good picture because most of the time she refuses to let me take a picture of her.

This next number was put together while Grammy was watching her. I'm not sure where the shirt went. But a swimsuit over leggings always looks great, especially when combining polka dots and stripes. Superhero?

I don't remember much about this next outfit. I think we just told her to put some clothes on so we could leave. I don't recall where we were going, but we let her wear the outfit. She was pretty excited about it.

This is what she wanted to wear to Lauren's birthday party. We let the unmatched leggings go, but made her take the tank top off.

Kaylin's Fashion Corner: Wedding Edition

The other day I found Kaylin dressed like this:

She told me that she was getting married. To the sunglasses-clad alligator of course.

Don't they make a cute couple?

No more pictures, please!

Runaway bride.

Kaylin's Fashion Corner: Outdoor Wear

This ensemble is perfect for taking out the garbage and checking the mail on a crisp March evening. It's also well suited for playing in the yard afterward.



(pre-haircut)

Kaylin's Fashion Corner: These Boots Were Made for Walking

Don't break your ankle.

Kaylin's Fashion Corner

I'm just grateful that we didn't have to go out in public like this.



"Cheeeeeeeeeese!"

Kaylin's Fashion Corner: This is how we roll

As mothers of toddlers, or anyone who has parented a toddler in the past, will understand, there comes a point when you just have to let your child wear what clothes they want when you go out. Sometimes it's just not worth a fight. Yesterday I was just happy that Kaylin wanted to wear a long-sleeved shirt and pants.

I figure that if I try to look presentable, then hopefully people won't think that I'm an awful mother or that I don't care about my daughter. Or maybe they'll just think that I care too much about me and not enough about Kaylin. But that's just the people who haven't been around toddlers enough to know how strong their opinions are.

My niece loves to dress up like a princess when she goes out. At least that way people know that she dressed herself. Kaylin isn't as sophisticated as Macey. Here's what Kaylin wore yesterday to Target, Eric's office, and the Crossroads Mall in Bellevue:



She is sporting a well-worn, hand-me-down fleece pajama shirt (she calls it "cozy cozy" and has worn it two nights and days straight), almost too small pink sweatpants, lavender socks, and her ever-present purple and pink crocs. I was forbidden to put her hair in pigtails or to touch it much more than to quickly run a comb through it. For accessories we have Purple Baby who has a band-aid on her knee and is wearing a pair of felt underwear I made for Kaylin's potty training day. Kaylin is also holding a Little People bucket of fish, it's meant to be food for a seal, but Kaylin was calling it "pizza". Oh yes, and don't let me forget the bowl of Kix, her favorite cereal.

So if you saw me yesterday, don't judge. I was trying to keep my sanity in tact. And in case you're wondering, it worked.

My Silly Girl

It's been a little while since we've had a "Kaylin's Fashion Corner" post. Wait no longer.

Here's what happens when your 2 year old picks out her own outfit. As in, she opened her drawers and took out what she wanted to wear. Normally I just let her pick between 2 shirts or 2 pairs of pants or what color socks she wants to wear. Lately the attire has mostly been only a diaper since it's 86 degrees INSIDE OUR HOUSE right now.

Here we have the lovely nearly too small swimsuit with swimsuit bottom hat.

One hat is not always enough. Stacking hats is quite in right now.

One should always wear closed toe shoes while cooking (or at least that was the rule in Home-Ec class).

On another note, one of Kaylin's four dolls has somehow become "the chosen one". She pretty much goes everywhere with us. Her name is Baby. I know, very creative. I need to figure out a good way to clean her because I am sure she is disgustingly dirty. She sleeps with Kaylin, rides in the car, goes to church (and sits in the trunk while Kaylin is in nursery, shhhhh... don't tell), goes to the store, goes to friends' houses, goes to my doctor appointments and even gets her own chair in the waiting room when she's lucky. One day she was lucky enough to go to the park.

Kaylin and Baby both love the slide. Kaylin would say, "Baby's turn." Then Baby would go down. Then she would say, "Kaylin's turn" and she would go down. It was even "Mommy's turn" a couple of times, lucky me. I looked pretty awesome going down the little kid slide.

Kaylin's Fashion Corner

Here is the first (and probably not last) installment of Kaylin's Fashion Corner.

What outfit would be complete without a cell phone and drool on your shirt?

Paperclips, the latest hair accessory craze. (She seriously gave me the paperclips and wanted me to put them in her hair.)

Getting ready for church.

Daddy's shoes look better when posing by a column.

If all else fails, dress like a goldfish.

And as you can see, a binky is the number one accessory for fall.