Raising Beau Brummel

I've posted before about my fashion issues and their influence on my offspring.

This week I've started having the boys lay out their clothes for the next day before they go to bed. It's part of my master plan for for "painless choretime!" I'll elaborate in another post.

Anyway, through this new routine I've been able to learn something about my two younger boys. Brogan usually does pretty well. He generally will pick out clothes that match, but will have a difficult time putting them on in the morning.

Hence, this ensemble.


Lovely, isn't it? Really highlights his ribs. And -oooh! Look! An innie!

Believe it or not he actually wanted to try and make it through school and breakfast like this. (Hee! Hee!)

Now, Colson is different. Before bedtime, he likes to go through his dresser and find a shirt he likes and a pair of shorts he likes. No attention is paid to color or pattern - just their likeability factor. So he ends up with odd color and pattern combinations - stripes and checks together, etc.

But some days, Colson like to wear all his favorite clothes at once. Last Sunday morning he appeared in our bedroom and announced that he was dressed and ready for church.


Let's count, shall we? Hmm, he's wearing one pair of sweat pants, an undershirt, two long-sleeved shirts, a striped T-shirt, and and argyle-ish sweater-vest.

Here's a closer look:

He cried when I made him pick one shirt and one pair of pants, poor boy.