So my oldest son Noah grows like a weed. He is not yet 4 years old and already outgrowing 5T clothes and has headed into the big kid department. His issue is that he has really long arms and legs and while we were in Ethiopia, all of his clothes became capri pants and three-quarter length sleeved shirts (I know his clothes fit when we left). So as I have been attempting to build him a wardrobe that fits (and will hopefully still fit in the fall), I've run into some disturbing trends...
While shopping the sales rack for long sleeved shirts (too cold here for short sleeves yet), skulls were on most of the boys clothing I found! I know he is getting older, so puppies and teddy bears are out, but skulls? I was actually relieved to find some shirts with tanks on them (I'm not a big gun and war stuff fan either). If this had just been one store, I would have not thought a thing of it, but I went to 6 stores looking for clothes. The only store I found that seemed to have non-death themed things was Old Navy, but they had nothing in his size left (wouldn't you know it). Do I really have a future of stalking stores for non violent clothing?
Luckily, the weather is starting to warm up and hopefully we can break out all of the short sleeved things that have been waiting in the closet (none with skulls, guns or tanks) in the next few weeks.
Here are some pics from our outdoor adventures this weekend...
Backseat Driving is Fun!
Noah was too busy driving to smile for the camera
I do know what you mean about the skulls. I refuse to buy them as well. BUT my oldest (18)daughter has been buying her own things for a few years now and she seems to like the skulls. I would complain and she would come home with even more things. Now she doesn't seem to wear it anymore. But they are even on shoes!!
ReplyDeleteI have mourned the loss of the toddler clothes. We crossed that bridge a couple years ago. It is hard to find "normal" looking stuff for boys unless you want to spend an arm and a leg for them.
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