Girly fun
A poofy dress-up skirt from Grandma and Grandpa + a swing set built by Grandpa in her back yard = hours of pure delight, fun and giggles.
Who says you have to have all them fancy toys with bells and gadgets and gizmos to make a little girl happy? Sometimes, the simplest things are the most enjoyable and memorable!
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Shelah says:
We also have two girls about the same age as yours. We have several princess dresses given to me by a friend whose daughter is much older and out-grew them.
Recently a new neighbor moved in and she asked me if our girls wore princess dresses EVERY DAY. The answer is, “Yes, yes they do!”
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Chrissy says:
OMG, too cute! My daughter also has extremely curly blonde/brownish hair. Love the outfit…did she dress herself :)~
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Um, yes. How could you tell? 😉
One of her very favorite things to do is dress herself. Which means you’ll usually see her in quite the interesting outfit combination!
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@Crystal, How fun! I can’t wait until my daughter does this, she is only 1. I already have a Snow White princess outfit waiting for her!
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Adorable!!! I’ll admit, one of the reasons I wanted a little girl was the poofy skirts. Love it!
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Such a pretty picture. We are in the process of saving up for a swingset for our kids. We had one last year and it was the best investment. Hours and Hours of entertainment!
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Kathy says:
I was wondering how Grandpa built the set (where he got materials and what design he used).
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blue-eyes says:
She’s so cute! I wish I had a little girl..i’m the mom of 3 boys, 7,3,and 2. Their idea of a fun time is passing gas and burping. I’m seriously outnumbered.
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Melissa says:
@blue-eyes, Haha! That’s hilarious……my boys are 2 and 9 months but they are already like that! 🙂 So it doesn’t get better??? Hehe.
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Lana says:
@blue-eyes, A friend has 9 children and the first girl was #5, then a second one came along#9. You most likely will have a girl eventually if you are going for a houseful! As a mom of 2 girls and 3 boys, I’d tell you the best way to keep boys in line is to give them a sister no matter what age. They just boss those boys around!
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@Lana, You must be superwoman! 🙂 We’re done having kiddos, I have to content myself on drooling over other mom’s little girls. Sigh.
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@blue-eyes, Before you know it there will be grandchildren and there is your chance! So far we only have grandsons but I wouldn’t trade them for girls even to buy all the cute clothes!
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My son is 16 months old and his favorite toy is the lid to the baby wipes..lol.
Love my kids=).
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Tammy says:
Some people might think that the swing is a fancy toy.All depends on how you got it.Yours was a gift and some may not have the money to buy a swing especially as nice as the one your dad built.
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Angela says:
Would you share a picture of the swing set? My husband wants to build one from scratch. I, however, want him to go to the store, buy one with the money my mother gave us for it, and put it up NOW! My kids are dying to swing in their own back yard! This is exactly why I am not his boss. ; -)
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Angie says:
I save all our Halloween costumes and hand-me-down costumes for the kids to play dress-up. Endless hours of fun.
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Christy says:
Two of my sons’ favorite DVDs are Donkey Ollie (the donkey that carried Jesus to Jerusalem). A Christian group gave one to every child at his day care. and #2 Team Geotrax (I got it for free–on this blog maybe??)? His current favorite book is Thomas the tank engine songs with buttons that play the songs $5 at the Consignment shop, which is cheap for a book that plays 9 songs! My husband and I laugh at how his favorite things were the free ones or the cheaper things! Oh, and one of his favorite shirts has bugs on it (size 4T)–got it at a fill-a-bag sale at a local consignment shop–usually pay about 50 cents per item of clothing. My mother-in-law got us a box full of hand-me-downs from a client of hers and the same bug shirt is in it (5T) so I guess he will get to enjoy it again next summer!
We don’t have a yard (townhome), but we live close to several parks and we have enough grass behind us to play golf, baseball, etc.
Question: I’m assuming you put $50 in the vacation envelope and then add in every month and save–or do you really spend $50 on a vacation?
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Ruth says:
What a sweet girl!
For those people who can’t get a wooden handmade swing set, we bought a nice stainless steel/unpainted swing set at Sears years ago and it lasted over 20 years until we gave it to another family. It was very heavy gauged plain metal. I thought that was a pretty good investment since it was unusually sturdy. I wonder if they still make those?
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WilliamB says:
Boxes!
The attraction of little kids to the boxes the gifts came in, rather than the gifts themselves, is notorious. And a lot of fun.
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My father in law built my three year old son and one year old daughter a sandbox and they love it. It really makes things more special when you know that someone put time and love into it- my son was so impressed that his papa built something so cool (I think my father in law had just as much fun building it as my kids have playing in it!).
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While getting my hair colored today (nearly free, by a salon apprentice, mind you), I picked up a gossip magazine and was horrified by this quote from a Bravo TV Real Housewives of New Jersey star who just filed for bankruptcy after blowing over $10 million on an extravagant lifestyle. After thousands of dollars for her young girls’ rooms, clothes, etc., she said something like, “You can never buy your child too many toys.”
Then later: “Above all, “I want to teach my daughters morals, that’s the No. 1 thing.”
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