Sometimes I like to pretend that I have two dainty little girls who like to wear pretty dresses and bows in their hair.  These little girls do not have constantly skinned-up knees and ketchup stains on their new white shoes.  It's fun to shop for those dainty girls.

They would wear things like this:


But the truth is, while my girls do own their fair share of dresses and skirts, they don't get worn very often because most of them need to be ironed. And, frankly, I hate ironing. Not only do I hate it, I'm not particularly good at it.

I've also been thinking alot lately about making some simple summer dresses for the girls.  We do tend to wear more dresses when It's hot outside, and we don't have to worry about keeping those legs covered.



I'm thinking about heading out for some knee socks tomorrow.  They'll even help hide the tomboy bumps and scrapes on my girls' legs. 

These dresses were made by the ladies behind Sugar City Journal, two sisters-in-law who use their blog as a way to share their projects and ideas with one another.  They come up with some great ideas and their children are adorable.

And this from flora and henri is so cute:



A few weeks ago we were at the mall for some morning shopping. While my youngest rolled around on the overpriced toddler bed, I found this dress at Pottery Barn Kids:



I don't usually purchase things from PBK, but Easter had just passed, and I'd been inspired by all of the pretty dresses.  Plus it was on sale; so I bought it.  It has been worn a couple of times, but I don't iron it. I tell myself the slight wrinkling of the cotton adds a little something to the classic style of the dress.  I'm probably not fooling anyone.