Gabe was not in the mood to have his picture taken (he usually isn’t for the record), so I hurried and snapped these picture of him. Had to add the next pic so you can see his costume with the hat.
Gabe was so excited when I found this Clifford costume for him at a garage sale for a quarter. I explained that he could wear it for Halloween, but he insisted that he put it on right that second and wear it the good portion of the day. If you may recall from another post, when Gabe is asked what he wants to be when he grows up, he almost always smiles and says a dog. He sure does adore that Clifford and his pal Emily Elizabeth. Gabe wore his costume strawberry picking, to run an errand with Chris, and to a baby shower with me. I finally insisted that he take it off at the shower, because the room was too hot. When I told Gabe that he could wear the costume for the day, I told him that he could wear it just for this one day wherever he wanted, and then we will put it away for Halloween. He was asking for it again today, so I am thinking that it will need to disappear as a Clifford costume is not super practical in the hot summer (or I guess in general).
I was chatting with a friend awhile ago who told me about how one day when she took her daughter out in public who had creatively dressed herself and insisted that her mom put 10 pony tails in her hair, she overheard another mom whispering to a friend :”Oh my gosh, I would never let me kid leave the house looking like that!” Apparently people have an opinion on the matter (or at least those moms did). So my question for you all…. Have your kids ever insisted on wearing the same piece of clothing over and over again or a funny costume in public? How do you handle it? Are you okay with it all of the time, or do you set certain conditions upon it? I just didn’t have the energy to get in a power struggle over something that didn’t seem very important in the moment, but we will see how I feel if he decides that he wants to be Clifford everyday. I’d love to hear your experiences and what you all think!
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