i am working at home this morning. can't you see? officially, it's not 9 yet, so it's okay to be blogging at home instead. i think.

i'm signed up for only 1/2 day, b/c today is our solstice celebration at home. we thoguht we'd start early in the day, but Thing One has play practice, and so I told Thing Two she could go to her friend's house, and so now Beloved and i have more time to prep. i'm getting a zipcar at 11 to go and do some last minute purchasing errands. i think all i need to get is new watches for the girls.

in the meantime, i have projects to finish. Thing One has finishing touches she needs me to put on her gift for Beloved, and I need to put some finishing touches on her Journal Box.

i also need to pack the girls for their trip. they're going to a warmer climate, so i think that i need to go down to the basement and dig out the summer clothes. i have to see how much short sleeve material stayed upstairs, and then fill in any gaps. the problem being that these kids are growing like crazy. Thing Two is already having issues with her jeans being too short a week after I buy them ... I'm not sure any of their clothes from august still fit! and they're very close in size (as they're only 20 months apart, and Thing One has been called "petite" by her doctor, and Thing Two has always been tall for her age), so there's really not a "hand me down" system in this house. we have more of a "this isn't really my style, do you want it?" system.

yes, they already have styles. Thing One went from having no style, and wearing whatever I hand her, to having a very definite tomboy style. she often wanders away from the "girl departments" and into the more neutral colors shelved in the "boy department." she boycotts pink. she loves wearing jeans oversized shirts. Thing Two used to wear dresses and pink and purple. but not anymore. now she also wears jeans. must be flare leg. must not be baggy. she refuses to wear longer shirts. otherwise, she's harder to define. she knows what she likes when she sees it, and if that determination is not made, she will not wear it.

so far, everything they want to wear is acceptable to me. (well, with the exception of Thing Two not wanting to give up her favorite jeans even after they were too tight and too short, but she got over it). they're not trendy, and they're not brand conscious. that's important to me - that they not be brand conscious - or at least not demanding it. i don't care if they know that other kids MUST be wearing J.Crew (that was my high school - they're still too young for J.Crew), as long as they're not insisting that THEY must be wearing it.

off to research some privacy issues. then to glue. then to shop. then to clean. then to pack. then to celebrate.

posted by Zuska @ 8:42 AM

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