Fashion-ista!

My sweet little Evie Girl!

She has a mind and attitude all her own, which can be quite funny. She likes things VERY MUCH the way she wants them, and this does not stop when it comes to her clothes. If she had it her way ALL the time she would be in jeans and a plain shirt. Of course she has all these cute, fashionable outfits that her Fifi, Nana, and MaeMae have bought her. And Mommy being as stubborn as Evie results in "issues" over the clothing. I know, I know...we mothers are supposed to pick our battles. My motto on this is: When she is old enough to go shopping and pick out ALL of her clothes then this battle will be one less that I fight. That is of course as long as the clothes she picks are modest/appropriate for her age, covering her fully. As long as people are buying her clothes then my philosophy is she has to wear it at least once. Unfortunately this philosophy results in AT-TI-TUDE!

The pictures below are of outfits that pictures became necessary because I didn't think I would get them back on her. I am quite surprised by how many of these pictures she is smiling in.

The pants don't go with the dress, but after church we reached a compromise and traded the tights for the pants. The three things Evie hates: dress, tights, and dress shoes. She had all three on this day for church.

This picture has been thrown in for good measure. Evie's hair is curly in the back and straight on the sides, so we were attempting to roll the sides here. Naturally she didn't leave the rollers in long enough to serve their purpose.

This is her "favorite" shirt and "muddy" boots.

Surprisingly she loves the boots!

For good measure I had to throw in a picture of my other little fashionista. Isn't she adorable? I am partial of course.

I am hoping I don't have these same problems with little Miss Averi. When I don't think Evie will wear an outfit again I find solace in the fact that hopefully Averi will. How funny!

Frozen Tundra

For all of you Tennessee Folk...

We have been watching in envy as you have had snowfall after snowfall dumped upon you. We know that some of you are pretty sick of it understandably and are ready for warmer weather. And we have to say we are not the least bit shocked that you have gotten more snow than normal either. I mean after all we moved, so the snow felt like it could return in full force. But, we are here to tell you...Be Thankful for the snow! You could be like us and just get drenched with freezing rain that really isn't even frozen. It just makes you cold all the way down to your bones.

Of course they have been calling for snow on and off around here. Our usual response to that has been in full form, "We will believe it when we see it." We do still feel this way after the miraculous snow we received last March. In true fashion snow was predicted for the middle of this last week. They were closing schools around here even before it was raining. In their defense everything freezes around here and you have to deal with ice and ice and more ice. The roads can be very tricky.

I must admit I do love to see bare hardwoods covered in ice. It is a beautiful site. And even though John Reagan repeatedly asks about snow, he has been enjoying breaking the icicles off and eating them. We do make sure they come off clean things...i.e. We don't break them off the house and let him eat roof run-off. Lol!

To get to the point...FINALLY! We woke up to frozen tundra the other morning.

Literally! It was a FROZEN Tundra!
Bahahahahahaha!
Disclaimer: To all of you who know Greg and me very personally KNOW this blog was Greg's idea. With that said, Happy Winter from Greg!