Ahnalin as Laura Ingalls

Today is Favorite Book Character Day

at Ahnalin's school. 

Ahnalin absolutely adores 

"Little House On the Prairie" 

so OF COURSE,

she HAD to be Laura Ingalls!

  

Ahnalin had very strong opinions about

how this costume should look.

I had wanted to make her a new white

pinafore to go over her new dress,

but Ahnalin reminded me that

the Ingalls family was poor.

 So, her old "Alice in Wonderland"

apron that was too small, and 

a bit shabby, was just fine!

She also told me that her boots

looked too new!

She thought she should go get them 

dirty and scuffed so it would look

like she was playing in the prairie.

Well, I was not willing for that, 

since they just arrived from Ebay this week!

She wanted her dress
REALLY LONG,

but I explained to her about

how they likely would have hemmed 

the dress with a Growth Tuck, so 

they could let the dress down to get more wear out of it.

In the end, she was happy with the length.

However, we went round and round

about the sunbonnet.

As of last night, she told me she 

was not going to wear one.

So, I did not finish the one I started.

But this morning, at 6:00 AM, 

the first words I heard were

"Mommy, where is my sunbonnet?"

I told her that I thought she did not want to

wear one, because she wanted her braids

to show. 

She told me that she really wanted one

after all.

So we went scrounging through all the old

dress up clothes and found the one

we bought India a decade ago 

at Silver Dollar City, in Branson, MO.

I lamented that the red hearts did not match

the pink dress, and she reminded me that

"Prairie girls were too poor to be all matchy-matchy!"

However, she dug through my ribbon stash

to find the perfect shade of pink ribbon

for her braids.

So, there she is!

And, I want to point out that

I actually have finally finished a dress

in this house!

The pattern was an old Vogue pattern 

and the fabric was some Mary Engelbreit

calico from my stash. 

Now, off to clean my house and make lasagna!

We are having our first dinner guest tonight!

Happy Sewing!