Caroline was out of school yesterday so I took the opportunity to take her shopping. A.J. is going to attempt to take our family portrait this coming weekend (God bless her) and Caroline needs something to wear since she totally nixed me on the adorable plaid vest that I found at TJ Maxx.
(I still haven’t actually returned the vest because hope springs eternal. Plus if I can’t find an alternative I may just bribe her to wear it for ten minutes for the picture.)
I didn’t see anything that I really liked but Caroline found something she adored. In fact, she told me it would be perfect for the Christmas card picture.
Yes, if we lived in Siberia or were filming a scene for an updated version of Rocky IV where he goes to Russia to fight Ivan Drago and trains in that remote cabin and remains uninspired until Adrian shows up wearing that big fur hat that she must have bought at the Moscow Airport, it would be perfect.
This was her next suggestion.
As much as I’d like to forever remember this year as the year we sent out a Christmas card with my daughter wearing a fedora, I declined to purchase the hat.
The good news is that while I haven’t found an actual outfit for her to wear, she has the posing thing down pat.
And, yes, I realize this is not any sort of recap of this past weekend, but in my defense I was very busy shopping with my child and taking photos with my phone. Also, the DVR gets very full when you’re out of town for four days and it’s not like all that T.V. is going to watch itself.
Ha! I hear that – gotta get your DVR cleared off first! Caroline looks adorable – I vote for the fedora!
Love it!
I say go with the fur hat for the Christmas photo…I am picturing some fashionable pink camo and flannel….and her .22 of course.
You could all get fur hats…have a Dr. Zhivago themed card this year. That would just scream Texas : )
So different yet she wears them both so well. Very fashionable! Fashion Friday legacy lives on!
She is so great! Love the yellow vest.
She’s a ham. My own 8 year-old Silly-Head has her own sense of “fashion”. It’s called “whatever falls out of the drawer that is comfortable”. We were going out to a play the other night and I tried to get her to “dress up”. She wore butterfly print leggings, a pink tank top (It’s less than 50ยบ out and raining), bright blue socks and her dirty sneakers. She solved the “inappropriate for the weather” issue by pulling an oversized (ie, stretched out!) black sweater over all.
Oh well, at least she let me depart from her usual braids for a cute hair-do.
*sigh*
Hats are so “in”, ya know?
She’s got it goin on. I can see her strutting her stuff on Project Runway in the near future.
Thanks for the giggle this morning.
Caroline is hilarious! Love her posing.
Laughing so hard my sides hurt…LOVE your blog!
Ah! I would totally wear her vest. Cute!
I’m thinking you all need to have your mouths open & tongues sticking out ala Caroline in the 1st picture. Maybe this years card should have a crazy hat theme! That would be different…
Also, clearing out the DVR is a priority. If you let it get overly full is starts deleting programs itself. Then you have catastrophes such as UT’s most recent win in the Rose Bowl being mysteriously deleted even though you could have watched it weekly for the rest of your life and still never have grown tired of it. Sorry I’m still a bit bitter.
She is such a hoot in every sense of the word!!!!
I totally think that the picture of the pink fedora and the yellow vest should be the xmas card picture. Done!
If you haven’t done it yet, you need to get the face melter app for your iPhone. Caroline would have so much fun with her pictures on it. She is adorable and I think the fedora is perfect!
Making that Rocky reference makes me love you even more. I love me some Rocky.
Check out a new shop at La Cantera called Naartje. It’s next to the playground. The colors and styles are fabulous, and the prices are great. Is it a little crazy that I actually thought of you and Caroline when I was in there last night with my own daughter? Seriously, I think you guys could find something you both love in there. Happy shopping!
My 11 year old grandaughter HAS that hat…Papa bought it for her for an
unbelievable (high) price at a local
ski shop….
Pam, South Bend
Nothing says “family photos” like some smart aleck in a bright pink fedora in my family.
I just assumed that was normal.
… And is the reaction to desire gouging out your eyes with a spoon, or dive headfirst into a vat of Ben & Jerry’s normal, after bribing, threatening, and pleading for everyone to smile a REAL smile for just ONE photograph? Not that I ever experience that… I’m just saying.
That first photo looks like something Rachel Zoe would wear. Maybe you could get Caroline a summer internship with Rachel. It would be “ba-nanas” and Caroline must have a more pleasant disposition than Taylor, Rachel’s head chick.
Just a thought….
I’m still enjoying the stage where they’ll wear whatever I pull out for them. Hope it lasts a bit longer.
I say go with the fur hat and shake things up a bit! Either way she is adorable!
Just wanted to say hello. I’m new to your blog, but you already have me rolling from the first few posts I’ve read.
Glad to find a fellow Aggie in BlogLand…
Kelly
You should go with the hats, it would make a fun Christmas card, not like the usual perfect family picture Christmas cards! I like fun things like that.
I am currently on a quest for Christmas card outfits too. My hubby and I have only been married for 3 years, but I get really worked up about a cute Christmas card photo. I’d love to hear/see some suggestions!
Any post about Caroline WITH pictures is good ANY DAY~
What personality! I love the second one. Awesome!
C’mon, let her wear the fedora! K-Fed would be proud. Ha!