There wasn’t an episode of Project Runway All Stars this week because of the holiday, so I have no Monster design to share. I thought you might enjoy a bit of Thanksgiving night fashion. I had a VERY reluctant model, because she wanted me to go upstairs at her house to view the fabulous costumes her grandmother made for her. I wanted to stay downstairs (so all of us could see), and sometimes when Aries Meets Aries, the older Aries wins.
Lila, barely disguising an eyeroll as she shows me the “Cinderelly” costume G made for her. She looks a little pensive about the Aurora Sleeping Beauty dress, perhaps because she’s outgrowing it–or maybe because, like Merryweather, she thought the dress should be “Blue!”
She loves her Belle dress, and so do I. Great job, G! Lynne didn’t actually make the Tiana dress, Disney did. But I’m sure when Lila outgrows it, G will replace it with an even prettier one.
She’d started to forgive me and smile by the time she showed us her Tinkerbell costume. I think Snow White is the newest of Lynne’s fantastic creations. There is Ariel fashion, too, but I wasn’t allowed to see it. So the younger Aries thwarted the older Aries, after all!
It’s easy to see why Lila’s excited about spending a week at Disney World in December. I know she’s going to have an amazing time in the Magic Kingdom. We talked about it quite a bit when she and Lynne visited on Saturday to watch the Alabama-Auburn game with us. Lila helped us continue the decorating we’d begun the night before. She was Tom’s helper in hanging the Barbie ornaments on the garland:
Lila has her own tree at her house. Laura said when they were decorating the big tree, Lila was helping. From time to time, she’d take a fancy to an ornament and disappear with it–to hang it on her tree. She definitely gets her love of tree decorating from her grandmother! I spotted at least one Barbie ornament on her tree that matches one of mine:
She helped Lynne and me add ornaments to my tree, and she was so careful with the fragile ones that belonged to my mother. She’s wearing her Snow White shoes in this picture in front of The Compound tree.
Keen eyes may spy a Winnie the Pooh with Christopher Robin ornament that Lila hung near the bottom of the tree. I have dozens of Pooh ornaments given to me through the years by Lynne, but they don’t go on the tree because they’re actually on display all year long in a curio cabinet in the guest room.
The Tigger tree skirt reminds me of a photo I’ve shared before from my own visit to Disney World. I was a little older than Lila, though.
Perhaps more age appropriate is this wonderful old photo of Tom with his brother and two of his sisters and their mother at Disney World. The unknown child with her back to the camera is a PHOTO BOMBER who blocked Pooh’s Kodak moment. Tom’s youngest sister was an infant, too young for Disney World that year, but I’m sure the rest of the kids had a blast. They’re SO CUTE!
of course my favorite was Pluto … and I was so delighted the day I met him. I think even now I would want to run up and hug him..and there is this pic proving his awesomeness
http://paradisee-lost.tumblr.com/post/2795617292
if you haven’t seen the Pluto Files about the planet Pluto with Neil deGrasse Tyson -who is also awesome, watch it…
Also the first time I was there Captain Hook kissed me – I have always been one with the pirates
Pluto is a good dog. =)
it is great fun to have a little girl to help dress up!
You had all the fun stuff of a son, now you get all the fun stuff of a granddaughter. =)