Back home again, with aliens
We all arrived safely home Sunday night. DH and I have both returned to work; and the girls have resumed their "get ready for school routine" of leadership meetings, band practice, schedule adjustments, and the ever challenging task of "choosing the new look" clothes shopping for this year.
It's amazing to me how much the girls change each year, as if they are dropped off on another planet each summer only to return as a new alien when school starts again. Last year, the 15 yr old wanted only black converse tennis shoes to wear with EVERY outfit in her wardrobe, a few navy blue sweat pants, a handful of t-shirts and a pair of jeans. She had still not outgrown her tomboy stage and refused to buy/wear skirts or dresses.
This year, that same child wants the "sophisticate look" and has obtained 2 pairs of black slacks with satiny trimmed waistbands, a couple of lacey blouses and a blazer. She has always worn her hair short to shoulder-length and now wants to grow it out long. She has picked out 2 gypsy-type skirts and wants a jean jacket to wear with her skirts over white camisole-like tank tops. While in NYC, she bought 2 striped oxford-type shirts and a yellow watch. (Who would have known?!? I still haven't figured out the bright yellow watch; but she LOVES it.) But she certainly seems to be growing out of some of her tomboy ways, even though she still swears she'll wear black canvas Converse with all these outfits. I guess some things just don't change! *LOL*
My 14 yr old, the "southern belle" of the family, had the bright pink and lime green look last year. I swear, everything that child put on her body had bright pink or lime green in it. And when she wasn't wearing it, she was carrying it. She loved her dresses, shoes and purses. This year, she's changing her "style" too. She has always worn her hair long and now wants it short. While in NYC, she bought a plain black purse and has attached pins all over it. She's in the process of making a can-tab purse and claims these two will be all she will carry this year. She's still into her beads. (I swear that girl could find a way to string beads to ANYTHING or anyone standing still long enough for her to attach them!) And she's still into her can-tab and bottle cap creations, everything from belts, to purses, to jewelry. But she's not picking out any pink or lime green nor dresses this year. Instead, she's choosing whites...solid whites, stripes on white, florals on whites...for all of her tops. For her bottoms, she seems to prefer denim, everthing from jeans, to skirts, to jackets. And it appears that she is preferring jeans to dresses and skirts, since she has only picked out one skirt and no dresses this year. She says "they just don't appeal to me anymore." She can find NO shoes she likes and has decided that she'll just wear her tennis shoes and clogs all year.
Maybe their switching identities for the year? Or maybe, despite the bricks I keep tying on their heads to slow them down, they're still growing up.
It's amazing to me how much the girls change each year, as if they are dropped off on another planet each summer only to return as a new alien when school starts again. Last year, the 15 yr old wanted only black converse tennis shoes to wear with EVERY outfit in her wardrobe, a few navy blue sweat pants, a handful of t-shirts and a pair of jeans. She had still not outgrown her tomboy stage and refused to buy/wear skirts or dresses.
This year, that same child wants the "sophisticate look" and has obtained 2 pairs of black slacks with satiny trimmed waistbands, a couple of lacey blouses and a blazer. She has always worn her hair short to shoulder-length and now wants to grow it out long. She has picked out 2 gypsy-type skirts and wants a jean jacket to wear with her skirts over white camisole-like tank tops. While in NYC, she bought 2 striped oxford-type shirts and a yellow watch. (Who would have known?!? I still haven't figured out the bright yellow watch; but she LOVES it.) But she certainly seems to be growing out of some of her tomboy ways, even though she still swears she'll wear black canvas Converse with all these outfits. I guess some things just don't change! *LOL*
My 14 yr old, the "southern belle" of the family, had the bright pink and lime green look last year. I swear, everything that child put on her body had bright pink or lime green in it. And when she wasn't wearing it, she was carrying it. She loved her dresses, shoes and purses. This year, she's changing her "style" too. She has always worn her hair long and now wants it short. While in NYC, she bought a plain black purse and has attached pins all over it. She's in the process of making a can-tab purse and claims these two will be all she will carry this year. She's still into her beads. (I swear that girl could find a way to string beads to ANYTHING or anyone standing still long enough for her to attach them!) And she's still into her can-tab and bottle cap creations, everything from belts, to purses, to jewelry. But she's not picking out any pink or lime green nor dresses this year. Instead, she's choosing whites...solid whites, stripes on white, florals on whites...for all of her tops. For her bottoms, she seems to prefer denim, everthing from jeans, to skirts, to jackets. And it appears that she is preferring jeans to dresses and skirts, since she has only picked out one skirt and no dresses this year. She says "they just don't appeal to me anymore." She can find NO shoes she likes and has decided that she'll just wear her tennis shoes and clogs all year.
Maybe their switching identities for the year? Or maybe, despite the bricks I keep tying on their heads to slow them down, they're still growing up.
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