New ski helmet

In preparation for our family ski trip, we got Parker a helmet.  She's found that it has magical hair flattening abilities, which she consideres a good thing, so she wears it a lot.

 

 

 

 

 

Ready for travel

The back story on the shoes

It's been a busy first 3 weeks of school.  It didn't help matters that we started out the week recovering from jet lag and food poisoning (me) and about 40 lbs of laundry after returning from vacation.
While we were in California, we were wandering around La Jolla and Parker saw a pair of shoes she's been wanting forever.  I've been putting her off, but since school was starting, I figured ok. 

You don't wear socks that show with these kind of shoes, and since Parker's feet are about as delicate as a rose petal, there was a frantic search (by Bob - I was ill and couch-ridden) on the sunday before school started for just the exact right pair of teeny tiny socks for Parker to wear with her new shoes. NOT wearing her new cool shoes on the first day of school was NOT an option.   He came home empty handed, but called around and finally found a store that carried them.  So for the first day of school, we lubed up her feet with a non-chafing stick that runners use, and I went to fetch the socks while she was at school.

 "Canoe" socks.  Two flavors. 

All is now well with her shoes and socks....but those tiny socks are about the size of a walnut when they're all balled up in the laundry and it's just a matter of time before they all disappear and the quest will start over.  I'm hoping by that time the weather will be cooler and she will have moved on to boots.

Sunmer reading

All the big bookstores have a summer reading program for kids....you log x number of books, and then you can bring your log sheet in and get a free book from a preselected group. Parker started the summer really well, with independent reading nearly every day, but with all the remodel chaos, she's slacked off a bit.

The other day I reminded her that she just had 3 more books to read in order to get her free one, so inspired by potential shopping trip, she got down to business and finished up her list.

At the bookstore:

She was clearly not excited by the selection, even though there were a couple decent choices. I convinced her to get a Ramona book, which she is enjoying, but she would have much preferred something from the display right next to the display of the freebies. But haha Borders, your bait and switch didn't work on me. We got our freebie book and nothing else (mainly thanks to Parker's attitude).

Don't miss the outfit: Big green glitter flip flops make from a craft kit, black rubber ankle bracelet w/ skulls from the dentist's toy bin and a blue plaid scarf tied around her waist, with the ends hanging down in the back to make a tail.

Fashion pics

This is another thing I should probably try to stay ahead of....Parker's fashion choice of the day. In all of these, she's not just grabbing stuff out of her dark closet and putting them on....she's putting a lot of though into each piece.

Out to dinner outfit: striped shirt, plaid skirt, tie-dye leggings, and suede boots (in 90 deg weather). Luckily we went to a family restaurant at 5:30 on a weekend, so we weren't the only on there with an oddly dressed kid.

School outfit: favorite jeans, floral skirt, and striped tank top. I was too late to get the argyle sweater in the picture too.

Another dinner out outfit: This wouldn't be so strange except that it was hot outside. The scarf is new and she's really loving it. If there's such thing as a lightweight summer boot, I need to find out what it is. Do they make flip flop boots? That would be ideal.

Shopping with the cat

Today at school was "Dress like your favorite character from a book" day. Parker was totally thrilled to be able to wear a tale and ears to school for the whole day. She LOVES wearing this tale for some reason. It gives her a little extra pep in her step and a little extra attitude. She was Boris from Mama Cat Has Three Kittens. After school we had to do a little shopping and even though she came home first, she chose to keep the costume on....although she switched out her shoes for boots.

Matching PJs

I haven't updated the blog recently because I've been busy doing stuff like this - making matching pajamas for Parker and Elizabeth. There are 3 pairs total....2 regular cotton and 1 flannel. Hopefully Parker will be over dressing alike by the time she grows out of these pj pants.

50's Dress up day

Today is 50's dress up day at Parker's school, and this is the outfit that we threw together at the last minute. The leggings underneath the skirt were her addition, and she will only keep the glasses and the scarf on for the picture. Given her usual morning freak-outs over her clothing not looking/feeling/fitting right, it is a miracle that we pulled this off with minimal drama this morning. Don't miss the fake saddle shoes. Black duct tape over tennis shoes.

Breaking Wardrobe News

This weekend, Parker's string of wearing jeans every single day (even in August) finally ended! Now, she's into wearing skirts with footless tights. It's the tights that she's really in to. I love how she totally changes course overnight. Luckily we have some tights from last year still in the package from when she started refusing to wear them last year.

Before the newfound tights really took hold, she had a few meltdowns because she wanted to wear just tights and a top. Her hobby is thinking up the most inappropriate things to wear and then asking to wear that every day. If I would let her, she would wear this every day:

A leopard print camisole, jeans, boots and a choker necklace (not pictured). And no, I didn't buy her a choker necklace, she made it herself out of a ring from a pair of of cut up tights...which was meant to be a soft ponytail holder.

The next most common request is a tank top and shorts, even in 40 degree weather. She wore this shopping on saturday. I was pleased that she put on a sweater w/out much of a fight, and chose normal shorts instead of bike shorts. Bike shorts are another daily fight. And I keep trying to phase out this tank top, but it keep being resurrected.

And the latest: A non-spaghetti strap tank top (so it doesn't violate school dress code), a sweater to make me happy, footless tights, a skirt she's had since august and is wearing for the first time, socks and boots.

Oh, and a *high* ponytail. I'm happy about the high ponytail because it's so cute, but it's way more work (for me), since it has to be redone constantly.
I think I'm about ready for summertime, and she can just wear her swimsuit 24/7 again.

Friday, no flashback

We've had a fun week. Parker has been in a pretty happy mood lately, aside from the normal fit-throwing and drama of the almost 3 year old. Yesterday she had a terrible meltdown because I wouldn't let her wear a dress AND a skirt at the same time. She is obsessed with wearing dresses lately. That's all I can get her to wear. I suggest other skirts and pants that I know she likes, but she only wants to wear them WITH a dress. Could she be Penecostal?
Tonight I picked out PJs for bed, and I showed them to her, hoping it would help motivate her to get out of the tub. She looked at my selection and said

"Probably that doesn't match."

(in my defense, the top and bottom were the same color and they DID SO match, they just weren't a set that was purchased together)
Bob said she did the same thing to him last night...shook off his PJ pick as non-matching, and chose her own.

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Singing in the tub tonight:

"Baa baa black sheep have you any wool?
Bless you, bless you three hands full."

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