my style is not his style...(when did this happen?)

Wow - so it's been a big shocker this week as G-man and I have been out shopping for some school clothes. He won't be wearing a school uniform this year, which is a bummer - that made things so easy in the past! So we have to buy him some "real" clothes.

It used to be so easy when I could just buy him clothes and shoes, and he'd be fine with whatever I bought. But - something has changed - and I'm really noticing it this week as we've been out looking at clothing. I told him just because he doesn't have to wear a uniform this year doesn't mean he can dress sloppy!

We have 2 main rules for clothing at our house once you get to be about 4-5 years old:

1. no cartoons on anything (especially not on shoes)
2. no skulls/crossbones/etc

We don't want to look like a walking mummy, nor do we want to go to school looking like Spidey or Sponge Bob! :) Not that there's anything wrong with that - it's cute and all (when they're 3) and kids are just kids once - I completely understand that - but I want to see MY CHILDREN, not Nick JR characters. :) Of course, there are other (probably strange) things we follow for clothing guidelines - but at least G-man and I both agree on the 2 mentioned above.

Luckily, I have never had to pry Spiderman tennis shoes or CARS sandals out of his hands or anything like that. So at least we agree on that part - but aside from cartoons and the walking casket look - it's been hard to buy decent clothes. I never knew it could be this hard to agree on what "looks nice" with an 8-year-old boy. :) So far he has one pair of pants and a couple shirts...oh my...we have a long way to go...good thing he can wear shorts for a couple more weeks!