hoe-down showdown

A funny thing happened today when Lil started to cry. Mama started singing a little bit of old-timey country music, and Lil forgot all about what was troubling her. She began clapping and dancing, and burst out in giggles.

Ah, the things we'll do for a happy baby.

Lil happens to have a perfect outfit for a barn dance. In this embroidered prairie blouse and ruffly denim skirt Lil's all set to Do Sa Do and Promenade.  And those little leopard cowboy boots are definitely Lil's ticket to a full dance card... once they actually stay on her feet. Barefoot or not, Lil is always ready for the foot-stomping, knee-slapping kind of fun.

rural routes

Lil is a city girl.  There's absolutely no doubt about it.  She'll get to spend her afternoons at the playground, or strolling with Mama.  She'll visit the zoo, and the museum, go to the library for story time, and maybe even attend a baby yoga class.  She will not crawl through the grass, or run through a pasture, or play in the creek like I did (nor will she have to walk up a quarter-mile long driveway in thigh-deep snow!).  So for fun today, I tried dressing Lil like a true country bumpkin.  I think this is the outfit she'd wear while we did our gardening.

the little handmade booties are from Russia (with love)!