It’s Not What You Wear, It’s How You Wear It
One day last week, my brother called to say he and my nephew would be over in a half hour to give me a belated birthday card. I contemplated changing out of my comfortable clothes for something more suited for company, then decided against. It’s only my brother, I came to reason. My daughter’s shirt, however, had a grape jelly stain from lunch. I opened her drawer and suggested a few pieces. She wrinkled her nose at it all. I didn’t have time to argue with her, though, so I just left her drawer open. She was free to put on whatever she wanted.
The boys, I thought, looked fine. Sure, Buzz is only wearing shorts, but that’s his normal attire. Trying to keep a shirt on him if we’re not out somewhere is futile.
I spent the time until my brother arrived in a mad dash around the house, straightening pillows and picking up toys. Right on cue, my brother’s car pulled up the driveway. Jedi’s excitement was radiating, he likes spending time with his uncle who we don’t get to see enough. Whom we might have scared off for good.
Apparently, my Buzz, my sturdy 4 year old boy, heard me tell Abby to dress herself however she wanted and thought he’d take me up on that as well. Where I went super casual, it would seem he wanted to adorn himself in an outfit a little more formal for the occasion. My brother and nephew walked in to my son wearing his sister’s bell-sleeved white shirt, a green bucket hat, and a pair of white tights. Sized a snug 3T or less. Along with a giant smile. He was like a snow princess.
And that is how to make the rest of us look downright normal in comparison, raggedy jelly stained clothes and all.
I'm Crystal. A 30-something mom to 3 young kids living in the Midwest USA. When I'm not chasing my children, I'm a freelance writer and web designer. I like to tell stories from our days and share what we enjoy...
11 Responses
on July 07 2010
LOL. That’s great!! But where are the pictures????
on July 7th, 2010
@jesser, I KNOW! I wish I had my camera handy, but I was too busy laughing.
on July 07 2010
My daughters are always raiding their brothers wardrobes and putting on rugby headgear and cricket pads and things. Hope you took a photo of your son for his 21st birthday!
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on July 7th, 2010
@Catch the Kids, My daughter dresses up like her brothers ALL THE TIME. I wrote a post about that recently. This was the first time my son had taken it so far, though. And of course, right in front of my brother.
on July 07 2010
Ha! I look forward to that stage. Jack went through a week-long phase not too long ago, when we were sorting through decades-old clothes, and he wanted to wear an old dress of my baby sister’s.
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on July 07 2010
What a funny sight. I can imagine all of the chuckles. I wish you took some pics!
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on July 8th, 2010
@Rudri Patel, I wish I did, too!
on July 07 2010
Just wonderful! Yes, a picture would have been just perfect, but just imagining the ensemble is quite something!
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on July 7th, 2010
@Aging Mommy, I need to be quicker with the camera. Though I don’t know if I would have posted it on the internet, anyway. I’m all for sharing, but I don’t want to humiliate the boy.
on July 07 2010
Ha! That’s adorable! My two year old has a thing with buckets on his head, too. Do they know something we don’t?
on July 12 2010
Perfect!
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