Today, as I was working on the finishing touches of some things to send to Benartex, Hazel took it upon herself to do a re-enactment photo of a picture I took of them a couple of years ago.
She loves this picture of Eliza and herself (so do I...which is why it's on my mousepad!) and today she rummaged through closets until she found both dresses and even the very same baby headband/hairbow that I didn't even know we still had!
Then she grabbed the mousepad and shoved it in my face, asking to take pictures just like it. Now, how on earth can I resist a request like that?
There's just no way.
Awww...shucks...
Eliza was a really good sport about it, bless her heart.
She even let me take some portrait-style pictures of her, unbrushed pool-hair and all.
Seems like just yesterday that Eliza was Hazel's age, and now look at her. Sniff sniff...
...and it seems like just yesterday that this little munchkin was a babe-in-arms...sniff-sniff-triple sniff...
Hazel totally cracks me up - she is such a wild card. In some ways she's so tough and yet, when she sees a spiderweb (heaven help us if she sees the actual spider) she completely flips out! Here she is whimpering because there were a few silken filaments that I didn't catch before her ascent up the ladder.
Phew! Crisis averted.
If I send her out to play without doing the prerequisite wipe-down of anything resembling a spiderweb, I'll hear this blood-curdling S*C*R*E*A*M loud enough to wake the dead, and certainly loud enough to merit a neighbor running to the backyard to see who on earth has lost a limb or equivalent (it's happened, trust me...the neighbor part, not losing a limb).
And yet she'll attack a group of teenagers who have inadvertently taken the ball she was playing with on the playground. "Character" doesn't even begin to cover it.
As I was going through the photos from today, I was laughing at how many expressions that girl was pulling. Many of them were consecutive shots taken just a second or two apart...yes, she's a drama queen!
And you know what? I wouldn't have her any other way.
Speaking of not being bored, here's reason # 318.
Eliza's neighbor friend had a birthday, and Eliza told me the night previous to said birthday that she'd like to give her a present (AKA "Mom, will you make her something?")
So Eliza made her a friendship bracelet and I designed and made this dress for her doll. Because she didn't want to give her friend a (nice, easy) skirt. :-)
Actually I enjoyed the project...I just wish I didn't have to work on it in the middle of the night for a birthday the next day! But it turned out cute in my fabric, no? Please say yes.
Yes, it turned out sute! A million times, yes!
Posted by: Jayneofall | June 29, 2011 at 02:55 PM
Argh. *CUTE*. I should really proofread.
Posted by: Jayneofall | June 29, 2011 at 02:56 PM
Those Hazel pictures are PRICELESS! I cracked up at the upside down drama queen. The doll dress is VERY cute! You work well under pressure.
Posted by: Ann | June 29, 2011 at 09:55 PM
Cute or "sute", thanks for the compliments! Ann, glad you get as much of a kick out of the Hazel faces as I do - never a dull moment with Hazel around. Today she insisted on being called Tessie (the name of a neighbor girl) all day long. Wouldn't answer to anything else, and corrected me whenever I forgot. She even walked out the front door saying "Bye, I'm going home to my house now!" and started heading for the neighbor's. She has a much more vivid imagination than my other kids - it's fun (most of the time)to see it unfold!
Posted by: shelley | June 30, 2011 at 09:43 PM
Yes, totally cute! Your little one sounds just like my youngest. Her face could go from angel to scowl and back again in a micro-second. Gotta love 'em. Your oldest is a beauty too.
Posted by: Marti | July 02, 2011 at 08:57 PM
It turned out precious! Great job!
Posted by: Beverly Atkins | July 05, 2011 at 09:28 AM
I have just read many of your post, u have great hand of taking shot, nice happy family indeed. I like your site.
Posted by: Haircuts for Round faces | July 13, 2011 at 05:16 AM
I have spent the last hour and a half reading your "stories". You children are beautiful! To say nothing of you fabrics and patterns!
Posted by: Corky | July 24, 2011 at 04:54 AM
I love your daughter's dress especially her head band. I wonder if it's a DIY or you've bought it somewhere.
Posted by: headband | October 30, 2011 at 06:22 PM
Thanks everybody! In answer to the questions about the headband, yes, it's something I made myself. The bow instructions can be found in my left sidebar, and the headband part is just a women's trouser sock stitched together into a band.
Posted by: shelley | November 01, 2011 at 07:48 AM
OMG. You are so me a few years ago! My girls have learned to be wary of saying "yes" to the requests at school to bring in baked goods, not because I complain or don't come through, but because they know it will cost me late night sleep. I love your projects and the products of your creative urges. Please keep them coming! I keep saying that my job soooo cramps my sewing style. I could LIVE in my sewing room, flitting from one project to another, most of them frivolous.
Posted by: Ophelia | January 13, 2012 at 11:28 AM