My Little Fashionista
I’ve never been someone with the cool clothes or the cool shoes. My mother went shopping and bought almost all of my clothes by herself until I was in high school, because I just wasn’t into that sort of thing. I’m still not a big fan of shopping. It’s so time consuming- looking, trying on, exchanging for a different size. Right now, I have such a small amount of clothing that my entire fall/winter and spring/summer wardrobes fit quite easily in my dresser and half of the closet I share with T.
Tiny, I feel, will be very different from me in this area. She’s been wanting a say in what she wears each day since last summer (about 15 months old). Ever morning, I have to offer her choices or be prepared to listen to the consequences. She knows her wardrobe like the back of her hand, and she’ll request specific articles of clothing that are not presented to try to get me to offer her something different. And she LOVES shoes. At Christmas time, she threw a big fit when I had to remove her fancy shoes because I knew they were too small for her feet. She screamed, “NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO!” Even when I showed her the red marks and indentations the shoes had made on her feet.
So it didn’t surprise me at all that Tiny picked these shoes when we went shopping recently:
They were not at all what I had in mind when we headed to the shoe department at Target. I wanted a nice summer shoe- a sandal but with covered toes. Target had no such things for little girls, but it didn’t seem to matter. Because when Tiny saw those shoes with all the colors and sparkles, it was love at first sight. She put them on easily all by herself, and was just so happy to walk around in them that I knew we would be taking them home with us.
Hahaha, look at that proud smile on her face! I love it! Rebecca has become much girlier than I might have originally imagined, and has discovered a love for dresses and all things sparkly. She tried to convince me to buy about four pairs of shoes at Children’s Place today. 
Such a cute picture! She is adorable.None of my kids seem to care what they wear. Maybe one day!
Wait until she notices the pink sparkle mary janes at Target. Speaking of which, I need to find and toss out Ada’s, as she’s worn through the fronts and I can see her toes wiggle through them!
I have no interest in shopping either. She did a great job picking those out, pretty cool!
Tiny obviously has great taste…those shoes are adorable!
Our girls don’t seem to have noticed their clothes yet. While I think that will be fun in some ways, I imagine it could also make getting them dressed a little more challenging. (Just what I need…HA!)
What makes me laugh is what I consider a twin factor. I think if I had one baby, she would be dressed to the 9′s for even a quick trip to Target. With two, though, I tend to roll with the punches. I’ll dress them up if we’re truly going “out” somewhere, like to lunch or to the doctor, but for everyday, our girls wear onesies 99% of the time. It’s just too time-consuming to be changing two babies’ clothes multiple times a day if I can avoid it!