Aleah and I were killing some time in the nursery before Courtney’s Wednesday Lenten Service. I put Aleah in her new plaid coat in hopes we could get some good pictures.
Don’t the pearls just make the outfit?
While we were playing, a precious nine year old girl named Kennedy came to play with us for a little while. As she was leaving she silently grabbed some chalk, wrote Aleah’s name on the chalkboard and walked out.
After she left, Aleah dragged a little chair over to the chalkboard and began drawing. I just love how these pictures turned out. It all looks completely staged but it absolutely isn’t.
The big button on the coat used to be Aleah’s great great grandmother’s.
I am thankful that Aleah and my great grandma were able to meet a few times. Aleah was only a couple months old when my Gramie B said, “My, she certainly has a mind of her own.” And boy has that been true.
He Sowed She Sewed 
I love this post! You should definitely save those photos FOREVER! Give my nieces kisses from Aunt Maria.
thanks for the birthday package auntie Maria, you are so on top of things! And both girls are getting kisses from ya
You likely don’t know that your Grammie B and my grandma met at your mom and my college graduation and became fast friends. Grammie B was a bit younger than mine, but she outlived my grandma by just a handful of years.
I think that coat is just wonderful. You do such a great job. And the pictures are so fun. Perfectly natural way to show off a great outfit.
I never knew that Becky, thats so cool that they met and were good friends. Yeah, she outlived a whole lot of people, miss her though =)
Thanks about the coat, yeah, I never know what I am going to end up with at the start of a project. Glad this one worked though.
(*said in Aleah’s voice*) More cute pictures, please!