At some point over the past year my 5 year old son made that jump that felt more like a leap out of the toddler sizes and solidly into the kids sizes and I have feelings about it. I’m the nostalgic type and clothes have always been one of the many physical objects I attach emotions to. How can my baby be big enough that I can no longer find all the cutesy little shirts and hoodies that have the adorable little prints all over them?!
These days I can’t find those in his size, I suppose because kindergarteners probably want to both act and look like the big kids they’re starting to be. (If you want to talk about feelings, just ask me how I felt last week when he started politely asked me leave the room so he could do his class google meet alone.)
A summer growth spurt and change of seasons meant another round of clearing out dresser drawers and saying good bye to some old favorites. While I’ve let many a Super Mario and Pokemon t-shirt take their place, it was fun to go through and wistfully browse all the things we’ve either owned and loved over the years (like that raglan style baseball tee I’ve bought in every size since 2T and the little dino backpack!) or that I would’ve bought if I still could!
Life in the Ordinary 