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The Fashion Stylings of a Six Year Old

October 15, 2008 · Narrative

Nick at OrchardOr lack thereof.  As I folded laundry tonight, which was largely Nicholas‘, I started thinking about his clothing habits in a stream-of-consciousness way.  When he was old enough to have an opinion, the steady mantra was no buttons, no stripes and no collars.  He hated them all on his shirts and refused to wear them.

Then he has this change-of-season issue and, in fact, still does.  Once the weather turns warm, it takes forever to get him to start wearing shorts.  And likewise once the weather turns cold … I can’t get him switched over to wearing pants.

Now that he’s six, the clothing situation is vastly different.  He cares lots less about some things, and heaps more about others.   He fixates on an outfit and will wear it for days … to the point that I need to go into his bedroom and remove it when he’s sleeping just so I can wash it.  Of course, my family and friends will be the first to shout something about a pot calling the kettle black and some such nonsense but lalalala, I can’t hear you.  There was this intervention some 10 years ago on a beloved green sweater of mine.  I loved that sweater.  They made me stop wearing it.  (Although at least I washed it way more!)

A few months back, he got a hole in a favorite pair of jeans (and believe me, even at 6, you can have a favorite pair of jeans) and was positively despondent.  He didn’t want to wear it with the hole, but at the time, we were going out and he didn’t want to wear anything else either.  During the car ride, he started picking at the hole, making it bigger and bigger until it took up the space of his entire kneecap.  Now he loves it like that and wouldn’t dream of letting me my mother patch it. These jeans are, of course, now one of the articles of clothing I sneak away under the darkness of night.

Lately when he comes to say goodnight, I’ve noticed that his pajama pants are on inside out.  Sometimes his top too.  He cares not.

Today as the car pool was pulling in to pick him up, I handed him his backpack and gave him a quick once-over.  Underneath his button-down shirt (he got over the button aversion somewhat), he had on an undershirt that was not only on inside out, but backwards too, so the tag is front and center, plain as day.  Luckily it was one of those tagless tags, but geesh…

I can’t wait to see what the teen years bring.

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  1. Darius T. Williams says

    October 16, 2008 at 8:59 am

    Awww – he’s a guy. This is who us guys are at this age – lol. good luck!

    Darius T. Williamss last blog post..I Have An Idea

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  2. Patsy says

    October 16, 2008 at 1:09 pm

    Both of my boys have “fashion” issues… one will wear only shirts with pictures on it while the other has grown out of that phase… and has moved on to being more concerned with his hair (at 6!).

    Patsys last blog post..Prego Value Challenge

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  3. Jenny says

    October 16, 2008 at 6:03 pm

    I’ve had that, “Your shirt is on backwards and inside out.” conversation with my 6 year old too – he usually says, “I know.” and then goes on with his life. So nice to know I am not alone in this.

    Jennys last blog post..Happy Birthday to my little boy!

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  4. Nate says

    November 3, 2008 at 7:40 pm

    My 6-year old boy changes clothes twice a day, it seems. He fills up the clothes hamper so fast, it makes your head spin.

    Nates last blog post..The Grill on the Alley (San Jose)

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The long, dreary and grey months of the Winter nee The long, dreary and grey months of the Winter need a little bit of color, so here you go. 😍 Love this chest of drawers. Discovered it buried in a local shop and bought it specifically for the green color (one of my favorites). Vintage Coke crate was a $10 score from a garage sale place on Facebook some ten years ago. And the assorted markers in Roy G Biv order (natch) that aren’t used anymore because my kids have sadly left that phase. 🙃
Weekend Photos in Review, old school still photo s Weekend Photos in Review, old school still photo style, hope you had a good one! ✨
A friend was taking a trip to Ireland and asked if A friend was taking a trip to Ireland and asked if I wanted her to bring me back anything. Would you believe me if I told you I asked for salt? I love picking up different varieties, whether we’re traveling or I’m just visiting a new shop. Maddie grabbed me a super cute one from her trip to Paris last year, and the Magic Unicorn Salt I get locally is another favorite. What’s yours?
One of us hops like a bunny down the steps, has a One of us hops like a bunny down the steps, has a serious case of FOMO on the daily, gets hiccups more than anyone we know and has perpetual bed head. She’s quite the unique roommate but may be exactly what our home needed. 💛
I haven’t had a bagel in ages, but when I saw th I haven’t had a bagel in ages, but when I saw that @njdotcom had picked six bagel shops at the “best in the state,” and one was reasonably local, all the sudden I needed one. I was never one to fall prey to peer pressure, but I’m very definitely a marketer’s dream. 😂 Alfa Bagels is on Route 10 in Randolph and has a good assortment of bagels, including all the usual suspects, but with a few others like rainbow, Asiago and French Toast throw in for good measure. Their bagels always seem to have a nice chew, which I appreciate and I love their sesame one. My go-to order lately is a double toasted flagel with lox spread and tomato. Their lox spread is a little ho hum, but the bagel is delish. Check them out next time you’ve got a craving (or get motivated by a local news story 😝). What’s your bagel order?
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When you really really really want to be best frie When you really really really want to be best friends. 💛
When a stressful week with deadlines ends with Nat When a stressful week with deadlines ends with National Cheese Lovers Day, how could I not partake? Tbh, I wasn’t especially hungry, and the appetizers are always the best section of any menu, so the queso blanco from El Mejicano in town wasn’t too hard a choice. It’s smoky and cheesy and I could have licked the bowl clean, but a girl’s gotta have some boundaries. Happy weekend, friends! ✨

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