Costume

Yesterday, Lauren and Erin had school pictures, both individual and sibling pictures. I went to the mall on Tuesday and found these really cute shirts at Gymboree: cream-colored long-sleeved shirts saying "big sister" and "little sister" in fall colors. Since Lauren likes skirts (and rarely gets anything new), I splurged and got her the skirt and matching tights which had the same fall colors in leaves decorating the sides of the tights. Typical Gymboree cute. Picked up leggings for Erin. All told, the bill for these items was about $70, certainly a splurge.

I bring them home, and show them to Lauren. Less than thrilled would've been an understatement. She said she wasn't going to wear the shirt, I said she was, she said she wasn't...you get the picture. She said she wanted to wear what she wore last year. I told her that it wasn't an option, she was wearing the shirt, but she could wear jeans if she wanted. (I knew you wouldn't be able to see below the shirts in the pictures anyway...) She finally relented with this comment: "I guess I'll wear that costume you bought me..."

Costume. An outfit from Gymboree she calls a costume. The fact that, at 4, she mocked the clothes I bought her as a costume. (I, however, am $40 richer since I returned the skirt, tights and leggings...)