"School Days"

This blog entry is one I'm going back and forth on, but decided to do. I got my inspiration from Jerry's co-worker, who emailed him that her daughter (or really she) had wardrobe envy of Anniston's attire. Anniston almost always is dressed to the nine for pictures. But trust me Amanda, we have moments where we look like we just climbed out of a cardboard box.

Take yesterday for instance.

Anniston:

Went to school in a striped little dress, with leggings underneath. She had on her coordinating faux crocs (you know, the ones from WalMart for $7.99). Also, the hair was in really cute pigtails (pink twisty ties of course). When I picked her up, she looked COMPLETELY different. Her ponytails were crying out for help...barely in. She had on a different shirt. She had on boy khaki pants (never seen them before) and navy socks with her pink faux crocs. So the wardrobe change occurred because we're sick around here and Anniston had a little runny boo boo incident that got on her clothes a little bit. For some reason, the teacher couldn't find her pants I sent to school in her cubby, so they dressed her out of the "extra clothes for parents who forget to pack their kids extra clothes in the event of an emergency" bin. Then when we got home she was wearing her "party hat" (the Indian hat they made at school for Thanksgiving). Also, she wanted to wear her "shiny" party shoes...those would be the shiny brown shoes from Target that I got on clearance to match her Christmas dress. So I caved on that....they were only $10; if they get too scuffed, I'll get some polish out! And of course, we're still sporting our bib because we had spaghetti for dinner. Here she is in all her glory:

Treyson:

This is a good one too. His babysitter's son got sick at school and wouldn't let him ride the bus home (well, they weren't supposed to...that's a whole 'nother crazy story for Mrs. Amber...poor thing!). So Nana Cindy (Mommy's boss' wife and our "adopted" Nana) went to get Treyson (along with 2 others) from Mrs. Ambers. So Mrs. Amber sends Nana Cindy with 2 diapers, wipes, and nothing else. Normally this would be fine; however, this is the 2 hours window that Treyson decided to have a blow-out....with no spare clothes! So Nana thought fast and dressed our "healthy" 14 lb., 2 oz. little boy in a night-shirt and socks from her grandson Gage....who's almost 3!! But thank goodness our baby is so "healthy"....because it didn't look all that big! (Thanks Gage!)

So there you have it...behind the scenes my kids really can look like they climbed out of a box!