Otherwise you will find yourself - having discovered at 7.45am (on a morning when you are flying solo in the child-care department) that despite being marked 'Age 6 - 8' they are too big for his skinny frame and refuse to stay up even with a t-shirt tucked inside the waist-band - frantically searching for a needle & thread to take them in.
Too skinny at 8 for size 6 - 8 tracksuit bottoms? He clearly gets his body-type from his father, is all I can say.
It is also a good idea to find child's school shoes and not leave it until 7pm the night before! Luckily we found them!
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When they hit adolescence, you will find that clothes and shoes that fit them just days before have been outgrown overnight. In this case, though, you are pulling the t-shirt down over the waistband, since the trousers can't be buttoned anymore. Not to mention that they need to be pulled down to cover the ankles so that they don't look like capri pants. And of course, this information is brought to your attention just moments before you have to be at the church and there is no chance to purchase replacements. Do not ask me how I know this.
ReplyDeleteYes we are trying to find a slightly smaller lad for all these floods I just bought. Somehow no matter the sze they never seem to find their way back to the store...
ReplyDeleteSafety pins and selotape? That's tragic yet hilarious.
ReplyDeleteBNM, oh, I hate that one!
ReplyDeleteMsC, wouldn't dream of asking you... (but point noted for the future)
ALW, it's embarrassing when that happens and you go through the stuff to give away to charity and realise these things have never been worn, isn't it?
ISF - wait - do you have a spy cam in our house?