Day: February 7, 2014

  • Secrests Revealed: Modest Dresses for Little Girls

    Secrests Revealed: Modest Dresses for Little Girls

    I’m often asked where we buy modest dresses for our girls. With so many short short clothes, and dresses that are more like a shirt, it can be hard! We have a little secret, though, and I’m going to share it with you!
     

    I’ve mentioned before how hard it is to find decent, modest, age appropriate clothing for little girls.  So many trends tend to be making everything as short as possible and showing as much skin as possible.  Although I don’t care for that trend on anyone, I especially have issues with it for small children.

    Last spring Mark took Princess R out for a little special time. They came home excited to show me the new dress they bought her. I pulled it out of the bag and fell in love with the design pattern. Where did you find this gem, I wanted to know!

    Then the confession.

    It was actually a shirt. Size 6 to be precise. From the young girls section. Princess R at the time was only 2 years old. Now I really was impressed. I would never have thought to purchase a shirt many sizes too large, and use it as a dress. She’s almost 4 (now almost 6!) and it still fits beautifully! 

    The fit was perfect. It has never looked like a shirt when she wears it. I could hand it to the older girls and see what it looks like as a shirt, but I would rather continue seeing it as a dress. I guess when she gets older it will eventually become a shirt, but for now, it’s the cutest dress she owns.

    Out of all our girls dresses, this one gets by far the most compliments and questions on where we found it.

    So….Now You Know!

    Where do you find modest dresses for little girls?

  • Foodie Friday Valentines Edition

    Foodie Friday Valentines Edition

    Welcome back to another Foodie Friday
    I would love it if you took a moment to visit my co-host Diane at Simple Living and Eating. 
    If you’re new to Foodie Friday, here’s the run down
    1. Link up your recipe or any food related post below
    2. Browse the linky, visit some new blogs, and share if you feel so inclined. 
    3. Please only link up 3 posts. This lets us visit as many of you as possible.
    4. By linking up you give me permission to feature your photos on Home Maid Simple (always linking back to you of course!)
    If you haven’t signed up for the Foodie Friday Newsletter yet, you can do that on the right hand side —-> Just enter your email, and you’ll be good to go! The next installment should be on it’s way your to inbox today! Find out if you were one of the most clicked on recipes last month. 
    So instead of featuring just one blogger today, I decided to grab all the Valentines desserts that were shared last week. So many yummy treats to share with all those you love. Check them out!
    Chocolate Peanut Butter Hearts from Organizer by Day
    Chocolate Covered Strawberry Roses from The Pin Junkie
    Oreo Cookies and Cream Ice Cream Cake from Life, Love & Sugar
    Dark Chocolate Truffle Hearts from Premeditated Leftovers
    Kid Friendly Strawberry Cheesecake from Madame Deals
    Do you have any fun date plans for next week?  I’m thinking of taking hubs to a night of jazz, dancing, and dinner…but still working on a babysitter. If not, we’ll have a nice night in with the kids.