A mind of her own

[mysid]

Outfit I chose for my five-year-old to wear to school today: a turtleneck shirt with bright primary-colored ladybugs and pants in one of those colors. Outfit she selected to wear instead: same turtleneck with lavender capri pants. Why? The capri pants have tiny pink ladybugs on them. "Bugs go with bugs."

Yesterday she insisted on a bright red shirt with maroon pants. "They don't go together, Sweetie." "Yes they do, Mommy. They're both red."

Her teacher must think I'm color-blind.

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[mysid.livejournal.com]

She went through her "dress phase" last year." She had an extensive wardrobe of cute hand-me-downs from her sister (heavy on stretchy pants, very few dresses) but wouldn't wear any of them. "Dress. I want to wear a dress."

Oh well. I bought a few dresses, and she happily wore them over and over again.

[thistlerose.livejournal.com]

I say let her wear what she wants, so long as she isn't going out in the snow in a bathing suit. Take photographs and show them to her when she's a teenager. ;)