The Many Faces of K.

K. was watching TV the other day ("T.T!") and completely lounging in the chair. I didn't want her to loaf too much, so we started fooling around.
The goal, of course, was to get a really cute picture of her--smiling.

This is as close as we came:

But the outtakes are pretty cute, too.

Cuteness Potential

This had the potential to be a really cute post with pictures of K. and her friend L. sitting at the kitchen island waiting patiently for a banana snack. Unfortunately, despite my best efforts, the cute photo never quite made it.
So we have these instead.

Cute kids, though!

Feeling Crafty Crafty

I found the cutest fabric (in corduroy, my favorite!) that just begged to be made into a dress for K. I finished the dress yesterday. The pattern I could find in the silhouette I wanted was short sleeved, so she'll wear it over a top with sleeves. Maybe a brown top, but perhaps this one. So she's a bit obsessed with bananas at the moment ("nanny!").
And I might make it a tad shorter, but she's a growing girl and I want her to wear it this fall and winter, so she'll deal with the current length.

And I made one for her sister, too:

Skills Practice

K. is in a phase where she repeats things over and over. It's her way of learning. Here she is changing baby's diaper (actually, this is "doll"--she distinguishes between her two dolls without hair and the one with).

Our friends passed along some dress up clothes and a pretend makeup kit, which K. loves! She has been using the hairdryer non-stop. She turns it on, dries doll's hair, then turns it off and combs it. She has spent some time "drying" her own hair, and Dad was lucky enough that K. dried his as well.
"See, look how pretty you look now that I'm done with you!"

I thought it was really cute when K. held this mirror up so she--and doll--could see themselves in the mirror.

Leggo my Legos

The other day K. was playing with her legos (thanks, K. Senior!) and she made a huge tower of all of the similar blocks. I'm pretty proud of her!

On the Porch

After church, K. took some time to enjoy the porch of her new house. "Well, it's time to go in for lunch. I hope you've enjoied our little time outside."