This is the first day Sara tried to dress herself. Everything is on perfectly backwards, and well…you can see what’s a-happenin’ with her arm holes. I fixed the arm, but let Sara walk around all day in the backwards clothes, out of pride.
Last week, Sara begged me (and begged and begged) for a bikini. She asked, “But when Momma? When do I get one?” I informed her she’d have earrings and makeup before I bought her a bikini. I should have watched my words; she’s now begging for earrings and lipstick. Add in the discussion that cousin Avery is almost double-digits, and isn’t that the coolest thing EVER (almost=Avery will turn 10 in 7 months), and I’m left wondering: where is my 2 year old in her backwards clothes?
At this moment she’s in a fuzzy Justice sweater and cowboy boots, reciting the first 6 digits of pi. And telling me she can’t decide between a peace sign bedroom and a mermaid bedroom. Her sister has a brush stuck in her hair, and they’re fighting about who gets to ask for “fairies” for their Spring Independent Research Projects at school.
But their clothes are facing forward. Sweet, sweet memories.
2 responses to “Memory Book #4”
what? no bikini? what are you a tyrant, momma? haha! Even whiter-than-paste except when I’m freckled me lets my girls have bikinis for one simple reason – it makes going potty easier! They wear Rash Guard shirts over them so they’re actually more covered than with a standard suit – and we don’t have to worry about sunburt shoulders! Even my paste-colored boy wears a RG shirt with his speedo jammers (they look like bike shorts). For what it’s worth – we got the sets complete with matching UPF shirts at Target.
Karin,
It would seem your children are far better behaved than mine. If Sara had a top over a bikini top, she’d spend the entire swim time taking it off and trying my patience. If I bought her nothing but the RG shirt, she’d never wear it. Fashion is Sara’s LIFE.