May The Force Be With You.

Poor Katie, it's not easy being the sister of a Star Wars fan. Sometimes Peter gets a little overly excited and includes her in his lightsaber duels (and not always on purpose). This picture was taken moments before she got in the way of a defense attack. As usual she recovered quickly and lucky for me she's a tough little girl who can hold her own with the boys!

White eyelet dress is a wonderful hand-me-down from Janie and Jack's "Seaside Getaway" line and perfectly matching pink strappy sandals are from babyGap.

Here's my little Anakin Skywalker about to unleash the force on his poor, unsuspecting sister.

A Day At The Park

One of my favorite things to do is to take Peter and Katie to the park. One of Katie's favorite things to do is to keep mommy on her toes by climbing the jungle gym and then hanging dangerously off the sides the moment she gets out of arm's reach. It's exhausting for me, but it keeps her happy. Also, it wears her out for naptime, so I'm not complaining.

Today I dressed her some comfy climbing clothes. Old Navy jean shorts, Baby Togs top, and my favorite Target sandals, that have held up amazingly well all summer.

Outfit for Today.

Jenelle here today and I have to admit that the dress Katie is wearing is a hand-me-up. Yes, I bought it. Yes, I don't have a girl, I have a boy. But it was too adorable (and on sale!) at babyGap, so really I'm investing for the future. And who else to use to model the clothes I can't yet use, but Katie!

We took a little field trip today with some friends from preschool so Katie needed something summery that she could move around in. Too bad for the whole hating-stuff-in-her-hair thing, because I have a cute blue bow that would have gone perfectly with this!

Check out Christopher's blog to see his outfit that "matched" Katie's today!

Dress (and matching purple diaper cover!) and shoes by babyGap.

-Jenelle

Katie REALLY Hates Barrettes

Did we mention how much Katie hates getting her hair styled? I think that is an understatement. All I did was place a little white barrette in her hair and this is what happened. Those are REAL TEARS, by the way. They lasted about 20 seconds.

Anyway, it was a pretty boring day at home. Sadly, the highpoint was our trip to Costco where we had frozen yogurt on the way out. I don't have to tell you that this little shirt is in the laundry covered in vanilla goodness.

Gymboree cotton top from the By the Seashore layette line, Children's Place ruffled capris, Baby Gap pink sandals. Oh, and the bow that launched all the tears you can blame on Jenelle because she made it.

Early Morning Walk

Weekends are a perfect time for some mommy and me time, since Baba (Greek for daddy) is home to hang out with big brother.

This morning we went for a walk in the stroller while it was still nice and cool out (which explains the sweater in July). This sweater is our favorite since it was given to us by our favorite neighbor, Cookie.

Katie chattered during the entire walk, saying hello to every person and dog she saw.

Old Navy embroidered flowered jeans, New Balance white sneakers, Vintage :) sweater.

Weekend Wear

On the weekends, I like to go for play clothes if we're going to be outside a lot. I'm usually all about what's fast and easy to put on so we can run out the door.

Today it was a very mellow go-to-the-park-day, so I chose something that was cute, but wouldn't show the dirt. Lucky for me, because fearless Katie went headfirst down the slide first chance she got (on purpose) and landed in the woodchips. She laughed, of course.

Outfit by Baby Lulu, little pink sandals by Baby Gap.

Friday's Play Outfit

Here's Katie's little pink outfit for playing outside with the boys on a lazy Friday.

Sometimes on the days that Jenelle and Christopher come over for a playdate, I intentionally leave Katie in her jammies so Jenelle can play stylist. She appreciates it.

Today after many wardrobe changes, she decided upon this pretty little outfit. She spared Katie the hair styling. I guess she didn't want to hear her cry.

Thankfully this outfit washes well, because she immediately went outside and started playing in the dirt. She even wanted to play baseball with her brother, much to Peter's annoyance.

Old Navy top (hand-me-down from the adorable Audrey), cute pink shorts from Target along with Katie's favorite white strappy Target sandals.

Lara

Little Pink Dress

This would be a Jenelle ensemble. Lara wouldn't be so impractical as to put Katie in a dress to play outside in the dirt with the boys. But in the end, we both loved it, especially with Katie's cute little pigtails (yes, she cried over those)! Dress is by Blueberi Blvd. and the white little strappy sandals are from Target.

Welcome to the world of little Katie Lou!

Welcome to the world of Little Katie Lou! We'll start the introduction off by saying that this blog is run by two friends, Jenelle & Lara. Between us we've got 3 kids, 2 boys and 1 little girl. Jenelle's got Christopher (3 years old) and Lara's got Peter (3 1/2 years old) and Katie (1 1/2 years old). Since Jenelle is obsessed with little girls clothes and can't wait for a girl of her own someday, Lara has generously offered up her adorable little Katie for fashion experiments. For this Katie gets hand-me-up clothing (since Jenelle can't seem to keep from buying little girls clothes for the future) and not just 1, but 2 stylists! And we also firmly believe in hand-me-downs.

We are both stay at home moms with our own little side businesses. In addition to those, Lara just so happens to work for Janie and Jack and Jenelle just so happens to shop at Janie and Jake... a lot more since Lara started working there.

Unfortunately (for Jenelle, because Lara doesn't seem to care) Katie HATES having things in her hair. And by hate I mean, we're lucky if she'll keep something in for 30 seconds. Although, sometimes a distraction works if we can get it to her fast enough and can get her to forget that she's got pigtails or a bow. But she's been known to cry, so this is the fair warning that her adorable curls might not always be tamed.

So welcome to the world of little Katie Lou and her adorable (so we think) clothes!

Here's little Katie Lou with her two boys, Christopher on the left and Peter on the right.