You might recall my post about all things white. The white sundress made my list of lovely white things that I can't get enough of. While I have been here in Idaho visiting family it just so happened that not only did I bring my girls' white dresses, but Rob's sister brought her girls' white dresses. I couldn't resist.
The only thing prettier than a little girl in a white sundress is a whole passel of little girls in white sundresses.
So I followed them around (and occasionally told them where to stand) and took loads of pictures of them in all their purity and innocence. . .
. . .because when they look like this, you don't remember their arguing, or their love of dirt, or their occasional sassiness. . .
It's a sight that just makes you sigh and deceives you for a short while into believing that they are perfect little angels who are always clean and well behaved. . .
The sun glinting off the golden locks of this six pack helps to foster the illusion. . .
Never mind the myriad of possible ways white dresses and small children are incompatible. . .
Or that streams beds are not always flowing with pure, clean, sparkly water. . .
Forget about all that . . . look at the loveliness, the innocence. . .and when all that fails??
Remember the bleach!
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I don't often use "LOL" but that truly made me LOL! We miss you guys, come home soon!
I love them stomping through the mud :)! You'll have to look at my friend Melissa's blog. She lives near the beach and her kids are ALWAYS dressed in white and standing on the sand having their photos taken! They look like they live in Victoria magazine! www.alittleloveliness.blogspot.com.
Hope you're still enjoying your vacation!
White scares me...but you are right, it makes for a beautiful picture...
I love these pictures, beautiful girls you have.
ok LOVE those!!
siggy in a white dress....you are just asking for trouble!!
These are beautiful pictures!
You'll cherish them as your girls get older.
love these photos... Pictures like these always make me wish I had girls... boys in brown (aka dirt) aren't exactly as appealing :)
making my rounds through the washington sisters on blog around the world. I'll be back...
They look like angels! What great pics and wonderful narrative...as always!
Oh, you are so right, both about the loveliness of girls in white sundresses and about the bleach! :)
The pictures are wonderful from start to finish, thanks for sharing them!
Cheers!
That is really a beautiful sight!
Congrats on your SITS feature.
What a great photo op! I can't believe you got so many pictures of the dresses being white!
Congrats on being featured today. Watch out for all that comment love headed your way!
Great photos! Little girls in white dresses walking through a stream. ADORABLE. And of course the dirty dresses afterward are hilarious as well. Definitely the picture of innocence. LOVE em.
Awwwwwww - love those photos!
And loved that last line!
Lovely shots! My favorites are the ones going through the stream. These would make great grandma gifts, too!
Happy SITS Day!
They are adorable...the dresses AND the children I mean.
Aw! They do look like little angels. Great pictures!
I used to FEAR the white. Then, the bleach pen came into my life, and I was never quite the same....LOVE the white dresses!
as I was reading the post, that last picture came to mind. I am totally surprised that it was only one kid. I don't buy white for my kids b/c it instantly becomes covered in stains but maybe that is the difference in boys and girls (I have mostly boys)
Visiting from SITS, Gorgeous pics of some beautiful lil girls is adorable white dresses!! I'm gonna go get my lil one a white dress too! ;)
Angie
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Cute dresses AND cute kids!
Those sooooo need to be entered in some Parents Magazine contest! They are awesome! The girls are absolutely beautiful!!!
My goodness - those pictures are beautiful! awwwww
*starts planning ahead for white dresses next summer when Delia is actually not crawling*
Your family makes gorgeous children too! That was so sweet. (And the mud cracked me up too. heh.)
those are some beautiful photos!
Found you through SITS.
Because of my tomboyishness, I favor the last pic the best. Little girls in white (although bellisima) freak me out. I am all about the splatting of the mud and getting into play time with both feet firmly planted in the middle of the puddle.
If I had to hold the hem of my skirt and make sure that I didn't get any stains on my outfit, etc., etc., I would rather not be outdoors at all. Just sit my precious little behind on the veranda swing, so I can sip iced tea and eat tea cakes in my pearl white gloves while fanning myself with my wide brimmed hat. Lah-dee-dah. Not for me, please!
I'd rather be Becky and go foraging with Tom Sawyer in the caves or better yet go rafting down the river with Huckleberry Finn.
I :heart: white dresses on little girls (even if it does mean stocking up on the bleach!!).
:( I need a little girl!!
SO cute. It looks so innocent and crisp. I bet some of those would look amazing in black and white!
I'm thinking disposable white dresses... yah...
They do make lovely pictures...
AND THE IRON!!!
Lovely pictures!
:-)
They are all adorable!!! and that's what bleach is for!!! :)
Oh, how beautiful! And the only thing better than a white sundress is still being allowed to get dirty while wearing a white sundress :)
The pictures in the water are just beautiful. They all are but these are the epitome of gorgeous. What a great looking bunch of chicas!
Those are adorable. I love the pictures. I need to get Princess a white dress.
Congrats on your day.
I loooove it! Pretty AND muddy! It should be a rule!
man, I need to go buy my daughter a white sundress before it gets cold. What am I saying? I'm in AZ, she could wear it all year long....
Oh, MAN - we have GOT to do that the next family get-together! WOW. Beautiful photos.
Happy SITS day!
I love white and I love those white dresses. That last pic is a hoot ;)
YOU HAVE ME ON THE FLOOR LAUGHING...
when you said "girls in white dresses..." I immediately thought of my daughter ... the real song would go "Girls in white dresses with splishes and spashes, stains that stay on longer than eyelashes, thank god for bleach and washing machines... These are a few of MY favorite things...
I am so Julie Andrews...
The photos are absolutley beautiful.
I love the purity of them going through the woods and stream and the reality that even little girls cannot resist getting dirty!
Such a smile on my face! THANK YOU!
Emily
These are adorable pictures. I love the one from above where they are all in a line walking in the water. So precious!
Those pictures are so stinking cute!! Great Blog!! Happy SITS day!
Incredible photos
Oh that is TOO funny! I love the images. You're right about the white. I may have to break out our white dress for Little Miss (fortunately Mister Man doesn't have one) and take some pics!
Such gorgeous pictures...their hair is gorgeous also!!
And that is why you never see boys in all white having pictures taken! Those photos are so pretty and so much fun.
Beautiful pics!
Pictures like these make me want to have more children!
I love the timeless innocence!
Classic. I love it! I want to go out right now and get my two girls in white dresses now!
How funny that Jennifer P. mentioned my blog! Yes, I cannot resist white dresses for beach pictures! And we hit a local garden all in white at Mother's Day. I love it! Your description of this was so great, and that last line cracked me up!
That's when the blue satin sashes come in handy...to cover up the mess!
Very beautiful photo post!
I'm drooling! It would have been wrong if they all came home still white. Way to keep it real!
Beautiful! Beautiful!
Such innocence, too!
I used to live in Boise...where is this place in Idaho?
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