The Friday Five: Molly

Happy First Birthday to our wee Molly Monkey!  We started out her day with some little presents....a new dress and shoes!  I started a fun tradition with our family a few years ago where the kids get new clothes as their first present of the day...a birthday outfit.  Her brothers and sister got a kick out of watching her play around with her presents instead of opening them.  In the end we had to help her out a bit.

I wanted Molly's dress to be colorful and bright and I have to say I love the whole Holly Hobbie look.  I made it out of vintage reproduction fabrics I've been hoarding.  Can you guess what pattern I used?  Yep.  The lovely Simplicity 5695.  I'm always making her dresses too long which makes crawling a real pickle.  So, this time I tried really hard to make it shorter.  But.  Well....I think I might add a small ruffle to the bottom.  I was also going to make her some ruffly pants to match. And I wanted to try topstitching the tiers...  Ya know what? There should be some rule.  Some law.  Some kind of legislation...

The more children a woman has the more time she should get, the more hours in a day...right? It only seems fair. 

Sam wanted to feed Molly her breakfast. Mmmmmm, banana chunks coated in rice krispies.  Our Molly really is a monkey.  She LOVE bananas with an insane and crazy passion.  She could easily pick the bananas up and feed herself which she did for a while but then they became slimy projectiles.  So, Sam helping her with her breakfast became a great idea.

So, in honor of our sweet little monkey, five pictures of her birthday morning!

Our Molly

This is our wee Molly's usual look.  Her big eyes open wide and staring all around.

Are you surprised about something Butter Bean? 

I often joke that she's still in shock about the family she ended up in. But this time it was the joy of an apple that caused that look. I handed her a big chunk of the fruit during dinner.  She doesn't have any teeth yet, but I figured she'd enjoy tasting the fruit.  And she really did!  She was all kinds of excited as she shoved that apple into her mouth as much as she could and held on tight to it with both hands.

The last few days she's been sick with a cold.  Blech. She keeps catching colds and ear infections and such!  It really stinks to see her feeling so crummy.  A week or so ago, her daddy said, "I'd rather be sick four times than Molly be sick again."

And if anyone knows how much Ryan absolutely *detests* being sick, then you will understand what a sweet sentiment that was.