Oct.18,2009

Today was a day of putting away the spring/summer clothes in exchange for the fall/winter clothes. I started in Taylor Grace's room with many tears because I was giving Mallory all of her clothes and she wasn't going to have anything to wear. Much to her surprise, she had clothes that she could still wear from last year and I had bought her new clothes from Old Navy. Then I move to Mallory's tornado room and do the same thing. The only difference is that the clothes that she has outgrown are going to a little girls from Haiti that doesn't have any clothes that goes to our school. Mallory was asking all sorts of questions about her. "Does she have toys, pajamas, shoes, etc..." We have lots to give to her and I know that she will be thrilled to wear them and Mallory will be thrilled to see her wearing them. Mallory is my picky dresser. She doesn't want me picking her clothes out and she wants them to look dressy/fancy/pretty. She doesn't like jeans except one capri pair that she can't wear anymore since it is getting too cold. She mostly wants to wear dresses. Taylor Grace on the other hand wants me to pick her clothes out everyday and sometimes asks me to pick out her style... which is jeans and a cool shirt or athletic pants with a shirt. She does like to dress up, but only on the weekends.

Usually this process is a long, messy, painful one, but today went better since I tackled one child at a time.