Three Nanny Goats Gruff

Have I said lately how cute my kids are?

Last week Ali's class put on a play and she scored a leading role. That's my girl! My little "Annie Goat" was as prepared as a little girl could possibly be. She knew every single line throughout the entire thing!

The night before her play she couldn't go to sleep. "I'm too nervous!" she told me. We had bought her American Girl doll a new outfit and had planned on giving it to her as a gift after her big performance that night but my husband (bless his heart...) didn't realize it was a surprise and laid it out for her on her bed. She found it the day before her play and said, "Hey look what I found!!" Argh... surprise ruined! I still wanted to make her feel super special so we bought her some flowers and gave them to her that night.

I made her some felt horns and ears for her play. I would have loved to do more but didn't know I was responsible for the costume until just a couple of days before the performance. She ended up just wearing jeans and a shirt with the cute headband. Let's be clear: I don't sew. I mean... I can stick some thread into a needle and weave it in and out of stuff, but that's the extent of my talent. It literally took me two (or more?) hours to get her headband put together! I haven't seen it since. Yeah... I would like it framed, thank you very much!

I bought a cheap headband, some felt, and some ribbon so I could add some cute bows to go on it. I found a cool tutorial on how to make your own curly-cue bows and OMG they turned out so cute! Plus... the bows helped hide the imperfections :)

 Here are some awesome pictures of my baby girl's performance (stolen from my MIL's facebook since I forgot my stupid camera that night!):

"I am going to cross the bridge with my kid brother, Billie."

And of course... SHE WORE HER PERFECT LITTLE HEADBAND BACKWARDS!! I'm sure no one else noticed... but I of course did! Isn't she the cutest little nanny goat you've ever seen!?

I am just SO proud of my little STAR!!