Monday, October 8, 2007

Strawberry Shortcake rears her sweaty head!

Alright, here is Ava last Christmas (2006) at Grandma and Grandpa's house in Utah. It was cold and snowy and these Strawberry Shortcake hat and mittens were purchased on our trip because obviously coming from Houston, we didn't have any.


The stores had pretty slim picking by that time so we settled for Strawberry Shortcake and figured we'd use them and probably wouldn't see them again, right?

Wrong!



Fast forward 10 months, where Ava has dug them out of the closet and refuses to take them off.
Here she is drinking her root beer in her snow hat. Notice the mittens laid carefully on the table next to her. Also keep in mind that while yes, it is October, it's still about 95 degrees at our house. When we take off her hat for say, bedtime, her hair is plastered to her head with sweat.


And here she is later holding her "Baby Guke"


She has always had an interesting sense of fashion, and my motto is "if it's not hurting you or anyone else, go for it!" And my other motto is "don't embarrass me!" so she is required to take them off when we go in public.

Hopefully, this phase will pass quickly, as it is kind of a pain to take those silly mittens on and off. Dan said last night as we were going to bed, "Let's hide that pink hat and mittens!"

2 comments:

Mat, Chenae & Jackson said...

Ava is the coolest. She has definatley got style. I gotta get me some of those.

dishes and laundry said...

Love the hat and gloves!

My Mom remembers when Jared was in his cape stage and wore one pretty much everywhere - to the store, the doctor's office, preschool.

We've hidden things before - mainly toys that had become a hot button of sibling strife - would Ava ask for it first thing in the morning?