Remember the amazing Columbia coat deal I found at Goodwill last week? Evidently it was a waste of money. When I offered to get Ethan a coat to wear before he went to stand in the rain at the bus stop, he announced he would not be wearing a coat all year long. (This is his goal.)
Then he produced a book and demonstrated how he planned to use it to keep the rain off his head.
OK, moving on to boy #2.
I pulled Jonah's rain coat out of the closet and helped him to put it on. Jonah complained that it was too small. The coat is 3 years old and I suppose it's about time to pass it on to Isaac--if it's not already too small for him too.
I went back to the closet and found a perfectly respectable hand-me-down raincoat and put it on Jonah. This time the coat was too "orange."
Next! I pulled a coat from Ethan's closet that was clearly too big for Jonah, but it was a nice neutral color and Jonah was satisfied once I rolled the sleeves up.
So now it seems I will need to purchase a coat for Jonah and the one I bought for Ethan is obsolete. It's safe to say I'm coming down from my "Goodwill High."
1 comment:
BUMMER! Maybe your other boys will appreciate the coat when they get a little bigger. I hate it when I buy cute clothes for my kids and they don't end up wearing them!! They don't appreciate a good deal or if something is really cute in my book; if they don't like something about it, they won't wear it--exactly like the "too orange" comment. Picky-picky! Sometimes I wish my kids would just be grateful they have clothes to wear, despite what they look like.
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