Anna-Kate's Easter Dress

OK, so I'm a little slow in blogging. If you knew how long it took me to add pictures and arrange each post, you'd be forgiving. Marian watched me put Addison's birthday blogpost together this afternoon and she told me I should switch to Xanga. Maybe I will. But for now, because I resist change so, I'm gonna stick with blogspot.

The real reason for this post was to tell the story of shopping for Anna-Kate's Easter dress. When Spring arrived this year, it was as if our girl had grown six inches overnite. All of her clothes were instantly ready for the giveaway pile. So on her allotted "date day" we headed to the mall in search of some new clothes and an Easter dress. She and I found approximately 8-10 dresses and made our way to the dressing room. Patiently, I waited as she tried them all on and narrowed them down to two.

That's when we called daddy in to be the final judge. He liked them both. So together the three of us decided on the mint green dress. However, when Anna-Kate went back to the dressing room, she asked me if it would be ok for her to buy the other dress with her own money. She hadn't brought her money with her, but if daddy could pay for it, she would pay him back when she got home. I told her she could discuss that with her dad.

So she put her original clothes back on and went out to talk things over. Kevin told her that he would be willing to work with her. Afterall, she did look quite lovely in both of the dresses.

As soon as we arrived home, Anna-Kate ran back to her room to break open the piggy bank, so to speak, and retrieve the money to pay back her dad. But when she tried to give it to him, he wouldn't take it. He was touched that she had wanted to pay for the dress with her own money, but he had wanted her to have them both all along. He told her it was his privilege to pay for the dress and that she should keep her funds for another day.

She looked at me with her Anna-Kate grin, dimples shining, and shrugged her shoulders, "I tried mom! He said I could keep my money!"

As you can see, she looks lovely in both dresses.


It was a fun moment, as a mom and as a wife. I am blessed. Indeed.