Spring dress
Today is the first day of spring and to celebrate, Madeleine chose to wear her 'cherries' dress. Madeleine paired this very sweet, full-skirted halter dress with a black pullover trimmed in faux fur and knee-high black boots. She does look awfully sweet, prompting her friend Aidan first to tell her that she looked like a hula girl and then to whisper 'You look beautiful.' Much giggling followed.
I think that Madeleine was about two when she first developed preferences over what to wear. However, in retrospect, I realize that I was still pretty much running the show. Sure, she might select a t-shirt, but would then complacently don the matching pants which I selected. Those days are over. Last week, one of Madeleine's outfits featured a too-short white tank top paired with a soft pink plaid skirt that rides on the hips (revealing a wide swath of tummy) and bright red/blue/green striped tights. While I still tend to purchase outfits, many of these a la carte items are never paired together again, except under duress. Generally, we allow Madeleine to select her own clothes following certain parameters regarding coverage (the tummy incident above was unusual), warmth, and appropriateness (no fancy dresses or costumes for school). On the weekends, the parameters are even looser and fancy dresses and costumes are permitted.
Josephine remains in the doll stage and wears whatever we want. If she could state it, her preference would probably be to be naked except for socks which she likes to remove and shove in her mouth. Socks are probably Josephine's favorite clothing item both for chewing and for comedy purposes - she knows how to use them to get a laugh. In contrast to her older sister's creative dress, today Josie is wearing a pink turtleneck, pink and lavender flowered pants, and lavender suede shoes. I'm concerned that Josephine may follow her sister's example and develop her own clothing preferences at an earlier age than Madeleine did. Josephine is certainly figuring out how to express her own opinion in other areas.
I think that Madeleine was about two when she first developed preferences over what to wear. However, in retrospect, I realize that I was still pretty much running the show. Sure, she might select a t-shirt, but would then complacently don the matching pants which I selected. Those days are over. Last week, one of Madeleine's outfits featured a too-short white tank top paired with a soft pink plaid skirt that rides on the hips (revealing a wide swath of tummy) and bright red/blue/green striped tights. While I still tend to purchase outfits, many of these a la carte items are never paired together again, except under duress. Generally, we allow Madeleine to select her own clothes following certain parameters regarding coverage (the tummy incident above was unusual), warmth, and appropriateness (no fancy dresses or costumes for school). On the weekends, the parameters are even looser and fancy dresses and costumes are permitted.
Josephine remains in the doll stage and wears whatever we want. If she could state it, her preference would probably be to be naked except for socks which she likes to remove and shove in her mouth. Socks are probably Josephine's favorite clothing item both for chewing and for comedy purposes - she knows how to use them to get a laugh. In contrast to her older sister's creative dress, today Josie is wearing a pink turtleneck, pink and lavender flowered pants, and lavender suede shoes. I'm concerned that Josephine may follow her sister's example and develop her own clothing preferences at an earlier age than Madeleine did. Josephine is certainly figuring out how to express her own opinion in other areas.
posted by Laura at 3/22/2007 01:29:00 PM
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