LOL!!!! A rather disgusted sounding Sarah called a few min. ago to hold the receiver of the phone out so we also could hear the "TEN SCREAMING BOYS - TEN" ! - AKA Joshua's SLEEPover (yeah right ;-) BD party :-) Sure sounded like FUN to me, however!!
We then enjoyed her descriptive recap of todays school shopping trip with her Mom - & OH but they truly shopped til they dropped, too! I used to LOVE our yearly weekend school shopping with the kids, complete with the trip to Portland's malls & our overnight stay with the Sumetz'! MANY memories were made on those trips, huh D&N?!
Anyone care to share any of their experiences in that venue? - I recall being miffed that I "always" HAD to wear a DRESS ("WHY do I HAVE to wear a dress?!") & Mom/GiGi would dress up wearing her GLOVES and HEELS and we'd go downtown to shop and eat lunch (and have a real Coke for a treat!) at Woolworth's lunch counter! We'd be tired out (who wouldn't be, wearing HEELS to shop all day!;-) but at days end, it was fun to spread out my new things on the bed to wonder over! - I tried to carry that over into our kids' lives, minus the enforced "dressing up", but then times had changed by then, too!
Any takers here?
mc
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Well, I just took both boys to Target for school shopping and we had Chipotle for lunch. I was wearing flip flops and a tank top. They dumped all their things on the kitchen floor when we got home.
Somehow, your version sounds better (except for shopping all day in heels).
LOL!!! Thanks, for your "account" here, Win! I LOVED it! I can visualize it well!!
As a "kid", Nathan wasn't "into" it much either, although he did enjoy our time at the Sumetz'! We always ended our stay there picking roadside blackberries - a "peace" offering for Mike ;-) , which none of the kids, Sumetz' included, "appreciated" - UNTIL we got back to the house & Lou'd bake one of her famous deep dish pies! Then after D&N & I came home I'd make a Crisp with some & freeze the rest for surprise winter bakings when we needed a mental "lift"! Ummm!! - the aroma of wild blackberries in the oven is absolutely knee buckling!
Anyone else have any input here?!
mc
PS. When I talked to Sarah this afternoon, I asked her if she managed to get any sleep (with the boys being there) & she said "yes, but - WELL, they woke me up and the clock said 5:01 [am]!" Later Darc said Josh was a "wreck" (from the lack of sleep) & "it had been brutal"!! AHH the joys of TEN boys at a (birthday) "SLEEP over"! ;-) mc
Hey, Gigi and Grandpa used to take us to WOOlworth's for a treat, too, when we went Christmas shopping.
I finished my boys' school shopping at last January's clearance sales. Good thing with boys is that they pretty much will like and wear whatever you buy.
My kids school shop one at a time. Used to double up, but that was way too stressful (for me, not them). I book one trip a week in the month of August. We're all done except for Caleb, who's scheduled for tomorrow.
Amy hates to go, so she has to be tricked into it. Two years in a row I took friends and friend's mothers, knowing she'd be intimidated into not complaining so much. It worked. This year I snuck it in before and after a doctor's appointment without warning her ahead of time. heh heh
Caleb is a fashion hog. How could he not be when he's so darn cool? (his opinion, not necessarily mine)He's not hard to shop for because he loves all things athletic.
Joshua has unusual taste in clothes and detests all athletic clothing, making shopping a challenge. We find interesting things he likes such as tigers which turn into dragons which turn into snakes, all in one shirt.
Sarah looooves to shop. By the time she and I finish we've spent too much, shopped too long and bought way too much. It's fun, though. :)
Win, you'll get to enjoy the fruits of Jan. clearance sales school shopping a couple more years til Cade becomes "brand conscious"! Nath didn't give much input re clothes, either, til one day in 5th grade when he came home from school & said with a tone of disgust in his voice, "Mom, are these Sears' cheapest jeans??!" He was somewhat assuaged when I assured him "no, they ("Toughskins") were actually Sears' top line (of boys jeans) and I bought them (usually by catalogue for so many years) so that he could just have fun and not "worry" (himself OR me) about tearing holes in them". I sighed within, however, realizing it'd have to be "label" jeans from then on out, & it was!
Darc was fun to shop with although she didn't hit the "name brand stage" til she was going into 7th grade & we both fell for a pair of spendy lavender jeans which we spent most of her school clothes budget on with the understanding that we'd go to a new local resale shop to find the rest. LOL!! Resale wasn't "in" then, the way it is now & she'd hide"in the store till she'd had me check to see if there was anyone she/we knew who'd see us & "force" me to carry the bag!! mc
Jordan was fairly easy to please and not too self aware until about his junior year of high school. Now, the labels and clothes in his closet are ridiculous. Sigh. I remember when he used to wear purple shorts and too-big T shirts.
Jan is super tickled though that she has turned Jake into a SHOPPER at a such a young age. Holy Cow. You should see him shop. It's scary. He's discriminating, choosy, knows exactly what he already has in his closet, and has a distinct personal style and color pallette. He's in first grade for heaven's sake! ;p To be honest, Mark Sr. is just as pleased since they can often coordinate matching snazzy outfits for their copper-headed selves.
I still remember the day I selected blue jeans and a T-shirt for Jake to wear and he recoiled in horror (& fear of Jan) because the T-shirt was not blue to match the pants. That was about a year ago I think.
I wonder what he thinks of his Grandma Evie's outfits. ;-)
But he is a dear and usually looks pretty good.
Heidi was selecting her outfits at 2 and I can't say her good taste was in evidence yet. Then we went through the rhinestone/glittery stage. Shudder. It's a good thing she turned out OK in spite of her poor start.
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