tea time
i woke up from the haze of adjusting back to new york time to find myself in the wednesday before thanksgiving. feasts, decorations, turkey dances at school, frenzied but fun food preparation at home filled the day. then thursday came. more preparation, a subway ride to the west side to catch the last 20 minutes of the parade (perfect- when we first arrived there was a marching band completely obscured by the 1/2-block-deep crowd ahead of us, no giant balloons in sight.. but there were plenty of street vendors selling very average sized balloons all around us. ruthie, on my shoulders; "ooooh! there sure are a lot of balloons! look at that princess balloon! oh i love these balloon parades, mom, i love it!" then the pilsbury doughboy poked his head around the dakota and blew her mind. then, just minutes later, to a wildly cheering crowd santa-- the REAL santa-- showed himself. eve; "the REAL santa came to visit us just to make us thankful?! he came early? so totally awesome."), return home, grab the food, grab the kids and, cleverly avoiding most traffic, arrive in the suburbs to spend a dreamy day in a house full of friends and insanely delicious food. i love thanksgiving.
the few next days brought sleepovers with family, our third round of fairly severe colds for the season, december, and me sitting and sniffling and behind on everything. but through the haze of jetlag and head cold i am so very happy to be home and so very happy to give my thailand report as soon as i can gather myself and my photos.
until that magical day, i'll share some photos that the talented photographer, kelsey foster, took of the girls back in october. the moment kelsey contacted me about possibly setting up a shoot with the girls in some of the clothes i've designed for them, i was giddy. her photos are lovely and she is just the right amount of sweet and easy going. watching her patience with the girls - who were ridiculous that morning - was entertaining and endearing. also, the fact that i'm pretty sure she saved charlie from getting trampled by waiters at least three times makes me especially fond of her.
kelsey chose the roebling tea room for the shoot. a great choice. the food was fresh (which made charlie happy), the light was beautiful (which made the girls happy- sunshine!) and the place was virtually empty until the moment we began to make our way out (which made me happy. especially in the moment when charlie was yelling and writhing in my arms, ruth was writhing on the floor because i took a drink of her juice and eve was running along the bench at full speed).
kelsey, thank you again! meeting you was wonderful and the pictures are beautiful and so fun.
all images property of kelsey foster. all clothing designs property of katie did.
Thursday, December 3, 2009 at 11:33PM
Reader Comments (156)
BEAUTIFUL photos. BEAUTIFUL clothes. Love the blog.
your girls and your clothes are beautiful. as always.
Wow, I just discovered your blog and I love, love, love it! Do you sell your designs somewhere? The photos are so great too! What awesome family photos:) So happy to have found you:)
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Gorgeous photos. Beautiful girls. Awesome designs.
You make me wanna learn to sew... :)
So sweet!!!
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I found your blog just a couple of days ago and now went through all your posts. You write so well and your images are just adorable. The way you dress your beautiful girls is so fantastic - I wish I could someday design and make clothes like that. Thank you for sharing, waiting to read more of your life!
Where, oh, where did you get that gorgeous gray dress? It is stunning in its simplicity. And so deliciously old-fashioned. Please, put me out of my suspense.
I'm with everyone else: beautiful photos, beautiful girls, amazing clothes. I love the way the skirts stick out {just so}. Wishing you a lifetime of success and will look forward to reading about it here.
she is lovely !! :)
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She is just beautiful. And so was the shoot!
Any chance on a pattern for the bluish gray dress with the buttons down the back? id pay money for it!!
Found you thru Urbanite Mom. It's dizzying all the directions you get pulled when perusing blogs! Anyway just wanted to leave a comment that I love the shoot you did with your girls and designs. Just adorable!!!!!
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where does the striped dress on the little girl who is on bench?
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