This summer, I had a conversation with my sister about how we dress our kids. She said she dressed Tate in sweatpants most days because she wanted him to be comfortable. I said I dressed Cason in jeans because I wanted him to look cute.
I got away with it for the first two years with Cason. I dressed him however I liked, usually in jeans or khaki pants. I think he did look very cute. Now that he is opinionated, it's another story. At first I let him choose his shirt each day and then before we left the house, I had him put on jeans. When he started to resist the jeans, I could convince him of wearing corduroys, which are still very cute. But I have come to realize that he just prefers the comfort of athletic pants. And I no longer care. Now I let him pick out whatever he wants to wear because it's just not worth it to me. Today he chose to wear a green shirt with gray and red pants. So fashionable. But he was comfortable and we didn't have to battle about getting dressed.
If anyone can understand comfort, it should be me. I wore Nike windpants EVERY SINGLE DAY of junior high. I cut all the tags out of my shirts when I was a kid. I could only stand to wear one brand of socks because the seam of the socks had to be in just the right place. And even then, I cut the end of that seam off so that all of my socks had holes in them.
Why am I telling you this? To publicly say that Alissa was right. So there you have it.
3 comments:
You should add that you were not in any way coerced or paid to say that! Love you!
I'm still laughing about all your growing up 'querks'. There are more, someday we need to hear all about them as well! (like, peanut butter sandwiches???)
Love ya, Aunt Lou Ann
That's pretty funny! Jacob prefers the comfy pants as well. I think he finds it difficult to snap the jeans closed sometimes. Jacob gets dressed by himself the majority of the time and there are days I send him to school and wish I could announce that I had nothing to do with what he's wearing that day!
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