At five, Lucia is a little tornado of energy and excitement, capable of spinning, and singing all day long. I envy her seemingly endless energy reserves. At five, Lucia’s clean up skills still leave something to be desired. In lieu of putting everything away, she arranges her special possessions in artistic ways. As I work through my own frustrations of messes not fully cleaned, I am always happy to find her elaborately adorned My Little Pony shrines in unknown corners of our home. With five-and-a half came her fist loose tooth and childhood dreams to enter the first grade with a visit from the Tooth Fairy under her belt. She recently told her father that he is not the boss of her mind. No one is, and I hope that she lives by those words forever. Lately, she seems so big, yet still so little in so many ways. I’m grateful that she still needs the comfort of her mama’s arms. Although she has been asking much deeper questions, at five she still lives in childhood innocence. I wish that I could protect her heart forever, yet I am proud of her courage and budding resilience – qualities that can only be earned from working things out on her own. She is a huge personality endowed to me, and I often remind myself that my moments with her today help to form the shape of her tomorrows.
One of my favorite places to watch her is at the beach, where she is free and full of joy. Her arms flail wide open as she runs to the water. I understand the freedom she feels with her feet in the sand.
Lucia is still very much into wearing dresses and costumes. Magnificent twirl power is always a plus. This sweet dress was sent to us from Vindie Baby, an online affordable boutique with lovely and unique garments for little girls. Lucia has decided that this will be her first-day-of-first-grade dress. The cotton floral bodice makes the dress comfortable and casual enough to wear to school. And the tulle excitement makes it quite the special occasion dress.
WIN IT: Vindie baby is kindly giving away this dress (available in sizes 2 – 5) to one lucky winner.
TO ENTER: Simply leave a comment below.
ADDITIONAL EASY ENTRY: for Vindie Baby followers on Facebook.
ADDITIONAL EASY ENTRY: for MarinoBambinos followers on Facebook.
Three entries total and please leave a separate comment for each. A winner will be selected in one week (US only). Best of Luck!
UPDATE: Congratulations Christine!
Vindie Baby provided me with the above dress for review purposes. As always, all opinions and content are my own.
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The dress is beautiful, I’d love to win one!
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Look at Lucia in her pretty dress! She loves it doesn’t she? She’s so adorable. I was reading through your post and my mouth dropped open when I read Lucia’s ‘you’re not the boss of my mind’ line. Do you know that Patrick said almost the same thing to me when he was her age? I think his exact words were, ‘you’re not the boss of my feelings!’ and I still remember it because as a therapist I felt so happy to hear him assert himself like that. I think he was sort of mad at me for something…And I had always been such a people pleaser as a child so I loved hearing this. He always had a pretty high social IQ and I betcha Lucia’s the same way.
(Just be prepared for the teen years… hahaha)
Leslie – I love your comments and words of advice. I was happy with Lucia’s words for the exact same reason. I think that girls especially are steered to be people pleasers and I’m always happy to see her strongly assert herself. (and I can’t even imagine the teenage years!!)
I would love to win this dress for my daughter.
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What an adorable dress on a beautiful little girl.
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I cant wait to see how my daughters personality develops as she gets older (although I want to hold on to her toddler years forever). The dress & your daughter are both gorgeous!
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Beautiful dress
gorgeous! I love the dress!
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I would love to win this prize!
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What a gorgeous dress! Any little girl would adore this!
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This is a beautiful dress!
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I would love to win a dress for my daughter!
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Beautiful dresses….
Oh my, Alysia would look so cute in that dress!
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The pictures capture her happy spirit, and the dress is gorgeous.
I have a 5yr. old too, and can relate to every last word written. 🙂
I love that dress. Its so cute.
Super cute dress! I love it. Thanks for the giveaway 🙂
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I’m in love with that picture of her twirling! Love those flowy dresses that look so comfy!
I love this dress!
My niece would love this dress. It is adorable.
That dress looks great on her and I love the flow of the pink skirt.
My granddaughter would look beautiful in this dress
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Beautiful dress..
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Beautiful photos. Are you the photographer or do you have help? I love the dress. Pick me!!
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I would love to win this for my daughter!
what a gorgeous dress on a gorgeous daughter!
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I always twirled in my dresses when I was little. Cute dress
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That dress is gorgeous, thanks for the chance to win it!
With 3 little girls we’d love to win!
this is beautiful! and perfect for my neice
This dress is beautiful!
I would love to win this for my niece!
How pretty is that dress?! Thanks for the chance!
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She is such a cutie!! I would love to win this for my 4 year old daughter 🙂 She has told me (and her daddy) that we’re not the “boss of her” as well. Their spirit is so vibrant at that age:)
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Your pictures are awesome and capture the energy so well! I would love to win this!!
thanks!
My granddaughter is a twirler too and I love to watch her giggle and spin 🙂 This dress is beautiful and I would love to win it for her. You have a beautiful little model yourself 🙂
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My granddaughter is just under 2, but already loves to assert her independence. Her other favorite thing is to TWIRL! 🙂
I would love to win
Such a beautiful dress!
Lucia is a beautiful little girl and looks absolutely wonderful in that dress!
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Your Daughter is such a Doll!!! Hard to believe how fast they grow, isn’t it?!?!?! Love this site, so VERY sad I missed that 60% off sale, my Grandaughter started pre-k & could really use some new clothes. Trying to help out w/School clothes for my 2 Grandkids, as my Son & his wife are separated & $$ is so very tight for everyone! ((1955nursehjc4me(at)myway(dot)com)) Thanks for the chance….
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I love this dress!
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that dress is beautiful my daughter would love one!
I’d love to put my daughter in their dresses.
Beautiful dress and lovely pictures!
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This is a very pretty dress!
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Beautiful dress- love the tulle
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My 3-year-old would love the dress. It is absolutely adorable!
What an amazing shop! I was just dreaming of vintage-style clothing for my youngest – who is only 7 months! This dress is precious – the whole shop is amazing. This mint green chiffon dress has my baby’s name on it.
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Would love to win this beautiful dress for my daughter!
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Very Cute dress
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Sooo adorable! I would love to win this for my little niece!
I would love this dress for my daughter. So pretty!
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Beautiful dress! I would love to win it for my grand daughter.
Would love to win, i have 3 girls….they would love this!
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What a beautiful dress. It’s perfect for twirly, girly fun!
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I love this dress…so pretty!
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WHat a sweet dress! I also like the Fun at the Circus tops!
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I love this, would love to win it for my 3 year old 🙂
I have one girl and another on the way. These are beautiful dresses.
Beautiful dress. I would love to win this for my grand-daughter.
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Dress is beautiful!
I would love to win this dress for my baby girl!
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Beautiful dresses would absolutely love to win one.
This dress is beautiful! I can think of 100+ places that my little girl could wear it!
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Oh my goodness that is the sweetest dress!!! Beautiful model too! Thank you for the chance!
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I would love this for my daughter
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She is SO adorable!
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Love the dress!!! Beautiful!
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The dress in the picture is too adorable.
Thank you for the giveaway. The dress is pretty and your daughter looks great in it!
Love this dress, adorable!
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I would love to win this for my granddaughter.
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What a gorgeous dress, thanks for the opportunity!
Pretty dress!!
What beautiful clothing! I’d love for my daughter to dress like that.
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My little girl would rock this! Plus I’ll post her in it!
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Loving the dress and of course Lucia’s modeling skills! She is so beautiful and carefree 🙂 I’d love to win a dress like this for Sofia.
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Gorgeous dress and I would love to see my daughter get her fall photos wearing it!
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I love love love this dress.. My youngest would look so adorable in it
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I love this dress!
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i love this sweet dress!!!! and what a beautiful little girl 🙂
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Thank you for the chance to win. This would be so beautiful on my niece.
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She sure is having fun in that dress! Would love to win one:)
That looks like a great dress for twirling! Thanks for the opportunity and my five year old would light up over a new dress to wear to kindergarten!
This dress is adorable! I would love to have one for my niece.
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What an adorable dress :))
Cute dress, thanks!
I would love to win for my goddaughter!!
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I love this dress. It would look beautiful on my niece, also, like it does on Lucia!!! 🙂
Love the adorable pictures!!! I’d love to win
would love to win this!
I would love to win for one of my 4 beautiful granddaughters
Dress would be cute for my niece
my daughter would be so cute in this dress!
Beautiful dress on a lovely young lady!! Love to win it 🙂
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Wow! My daughter Maybelle would absolutely love this dress! It is perfect! Thank you for the opportunity!
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Super cute!
Love this! Thanks for the opportunity!
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Id love to see my little gal in the dress!
I love this Dress!
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I love this dress! I visited their site and they also offer SHOES! So cute!
Oh my goodness, this dress is adorable!!
i would love to win this one and thanks for the easy entry
Absolutely love it!
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What a beautiful dress! It would look so cute on my Gdaughter!
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My granddaughter would looks so cute in this dress. Thank you for the giveaway!!
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I love this dress is so adorable.
Wow so pretty! Would love this for my daughter!!
Thanks for the chance to win!
This is such a beautiful dress. I love the photos!
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Gorgeous dress! My daughter would look so pretty in this!!!
This would be gorgeous on my bff’s daughter. Thank you so much for the chance.
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my daughter would love this
I love, love, love this dress!! It is so cute and feminine looking. Thank you for the great giveaway…
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This would be perfect for my amazing niece!
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LOVE your dresses. Would love to win for my daughter. Thanks!
Wow beautiful
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