Month: September 2010

Fun at the Forest Theater watching a production of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. I don’t know what the kids enjoyed more: the show or the lollipops that were as big as their heads.

Bob picked these out while I was still pregnant. He fell in love with them and was so insistent that I buy them for the baby that he started crying while we were in line checking out when he noticed they weren’t in the cart anymore. Um, I have NO IDEA how that happened. And yes, I felt guilty and ran back to get them. The best and most beautiful part of them you can’t actually see in this picture — they have a yellow ruffle on the butt. And I’ve decided they’re so ugly, they’re cute. Or she’s cute. Maybe both.

I know America is all into size inflation (also known as vanity sizing) so that women feel good about fitting into a size 10 that actually used to be called a size 12, but I didn’t know they extended that to little girl clothes. These pjs are 9month size and they just fit her. You couldn’t even call them roomy. She’s a big girl, but she’s not that big. And these shirts I bought from Old Navy? Size 6-12 months, but she’s been wearing them since birth and I just cracked open the 12-18 month ones cause she was outgrowing the smaller ones. I’m going to have to go buy some 2T size for Cairo since she’s already wearing the sizes I bought for her to grow into. Gymboree, same thing. Her “3-6 month” sized outfit she wore at 2 weeks and it’s now too small for her . . . the boys were bigger than her, but I never had this problem with them. Maybe the designers of girl’s clothes are starting on the self-esteem thing early: “I’m only 6 months, but I wear a size 2T. I’m so advanced.”

These pjs are 12-18 months . . . [sigh]