While it may appear that these are pictures of Becca's last soccer game, and they are, I'd like to bring your attention to the velvet sweat pants. At some point in a child's development hand-me-downs become an embarrassment. This is unfortunate, because hand-me-downs function as a genealogical aid.
"That's blasphemy!" you say.
Nonsense -- every time we put a child in an outfit that someone else wore, we reminisce about what kid 1 did in that outfit. We talk about how the knees on the overalls wore thin because kid 2 was a crawler and kid 3 was a walker. We've even taken to calling Thomas by his effeminate name, Samantha, on the occasion that diaper failure soils the last set of boy pajamas necessitating a change to pastel colored pajamas. (So far we haven't had to go to a nightgown, but anything's possible.) It may get a little odd if we have another daughter and we tell Thomas how pretty he looked in the pink fluffy pajamas with feet she's wearing.
Rebecca couldn't find her soccer shorts for the last game, so she came upstairs wearing these very stylish navy blue velvet sweatpants. Now while velvet sweatpants were cool in 1977, in 2009 they are ULTRA COOL. I bet you can't believe that she was the only one on her team wearing velvet. I don't know exactly where we got these pants, but it instantly took me back to 1979 when I had a burgundy velvet v-neck pullover. I had developed the nasty habit of chewing on my collars, so the v-neck quickly became more of a saggy u-neck collar. That shirt was fantastic. So as Becca dominated the soccer field, all I could think of was the connection between father and daughter. We both look fabulous in velvet.
Embrace the genealogical value of hand-me-downs. Regale your children with tales of who wore that outfit last and all the cute things he did at that age. And if you happen to find a flare-legged set of brown Lee jeans, those were Yan's.
What!? Velvet at soccer?? Who is her mother?
ReplyDeleteI just had to wipe a tear! Becca is a firecracker! I can't believe how she rocks the soccer field- and so stylin' too!!!
ReplyDelete(Would I even know if a certain fabric or color was in style???)
It's crazy how the attitude towards hand-me-downs changes. It was the purple and maroon corduroy pants that were the bane of my existence. Now I almost tear up when I see Tommy in my boys old stuff. I love that kid!
(Good call on waiting a couple days- It's been hard to keep up!!!)
Becca's just very fashion forward...pretty soon all the girls will be wearing velvet pants to their soccer games.
ReplyDeleteGo Becca, and what great form. Surely she is a natural even in velvet!
ReplyDeleteThe first thing I noticed in the pics was the velvet pants and not because they're cute! At least Rebecca is! and I'm with Mary and Patti on the blog thing. You have to give people time to read your posts. I think you have good timing though. I let too much time pass between posts.
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