Easter Duds

I have a confession to make. I love playing dress-up with my children! Long before Easter or Christmas roll around I can be found daydreaming (read: browsing the internet) about the perfect ensembles for my little ones. Regardless of how full of perfectly decent dressy duds their closets are, they must have new things for the holiday. And they must coordinate.

Is it a sickness?

Do I require a 12-step program or a short stay in a rehabilitation center in a peaceful mountain location? (Hmmm, that last one sounds tempting...)

Nope. It's hereditary.

The only difference is my mother, being the gifted seamstress that she is, always MADE our holiday outfits. Made as in sewed them with her own two hands. Out of raw fabric. And we were cuuuuute! (That's me on the left.)

Now don't get me wrong, I also love to sew, although I haven't become as gifted as my mother and wonder if I ever will! But after two or three attempts at sewing dressy little duds for my own munchkins I have given it up. 1: Being a perfectionist I am never fully satisfied with the end results. 2: Sewing clothing for your children is EXPENSIVE. It is not the money-saver that it was in my mother's day. 3: I just can't stay away from the adorable fashions calling my name from every children's clothing store in town!!

So, unlike me, I guess my kids won't get the chance to boast about the beautiful, homemade duds their dear mother made for them.

But I think they're pretty darn cute anyway!!

On the whole, I'd say we're not too shabby-lookin'!