1. The clothes must be soft to the touch.
2. Absolutely, positively no tags.
Taking Lily clothes shopping is a fairly easy expedition. Lily simply walks down the rack touching each garment and if it meets her touch and tag requirements we're golden.
Until recently, it didn't matter what the clothes looked like. As long as the clothes were soft and tagless Lily was happy. Now, Lily has added a third criteria: Color. Lots and lots and lots of COLOR!!!!! Stripes, polka dots, and flowers in one outfit? You betcha! Just give her color!
My oh my! Half the time you need sunglasses to be able to gaze upon Lily's latest ensemble. Oddly enough Lily is not wearing her Hello Kitty rain boots in either of these photos. Totally surprising since I could almost swear that they NEVER leave her feet - rain or shine!
I am getting the biggest kick out of seeing Lily's emerging "fashion sense". I never know what she may come down the steps wearing. What I do know is that Lily will love how she looks and I absolutely love that!
Speaking of fashion sense, Lily and I went shopping the other day and I was totally disgusted. I know I'm old-fashioned...well...let's face it - I'm just plain old. But, why on earth would I want to put my almost 6 year old in a pair of sweatpants that has "Diva" written across the bottom in rhinestones???? Or dress her in leopard print??? Seriously??? Why do so many retailers assume that when a child goes from wearing a size 5 to a size 6 or 6X you want to go from dressing them at Babies 'R Us to dressing them at Hoochies 'R Us????
I could go on and on, but I won't. The air gets pretty thin up here on my soapbox! Thankfully, there are still plenty of retailers (Land's End, Gymboree, Hannah Anderson, etc.) that I can count on to meet Lily's 3 criteria and my number one criteria of keeping the little in my little girl for as long as I can!
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