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It took lots of tears
and bargaining
to get this sweet angelic child in that dress.
But, note, she is
covered from head to toe!
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. . . just buy
stock in Hanes and purchase every color of sweatpant and sweatshirt known to
man! The Ego (middle child) has been
killing me about her clothes. She wears
the same red hoodie every day and literally the nicest thing I can get her into
to go to church is a velour sweatsuit.
In the spirit of giving and forgiveness, and complete exhaustion, I’ve
decided to just give in. And here’s what
I’ve learned about accepting defeat:
1) You only have
yourself to thank for putting these little creatures on this earth. If you
had used birth control the first time, or the second, or the third (do you see
a pattern here?), you would not be in a scenario where you find yourself
purchasing EVERY COLOR of Hanes hoodie sweatshirt and sweatpant in existence!
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| This is much more her speed. Sweatshirt and pajama pants. |
2) Yesterday, when I found myself at a running
clinic saying “I’m kickin’ my @$&”, that was in reference to actually
running with my feet up and literally kicking my @$& (which really hurts,
by the way). Today, however, that phrase
seems kind of fitting to what I'm figuratively doing while I listen to the mess
my children are making while they microwave hot chocolate and chicken nuggets
downstairs. I'm afraid to go down and
look; particularly because HfH (Husband from Heaven) just said "does your
mother know what you're doing?" Whose idea was children again?!
3) If you are lucky, your children will be as
fertile as you and one day they too will find themselves in the following
dilemma – even though there are 3 girls, not one d@mn stitch of clothing can be
passed down to the next child because Child #1 is a fashion slave who only
wears skinny jeans, daisy duke shorts and skinny t-shirts; Child #2 wears
nothing but sweatshirts and sweatpants – even in NINETY FIVE DEGREE WEATHER;
and Child #3 has already started wearing your mascara and high heels and cannot
leave the house without her high heels and dress on. God, and my mother, have a great sense of
humor! I also partially blame my brother
who’s somewhere up in heaven laughing because he sent all these crazy
characters to me.
The next time you go to push “purchase”
for an item for your child and you think to yourself "yeah, XXX years ago
I did not think this would be what I'd be spending my money on", just
remember that hopefully one day they too will be doing the same!!!
Heather
Dugdale is the author of the blog http://www.RecoveringWorkingMom.com/
where she chronicles her life with kids and shares her humorous insights about learning how to be a mom
and trying to have easy family fun.
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