One of the things I love

One of the things I love about Nin is that she isn't afraid to be who she wants or to do what she wants. 

 

Even if being who she wants means she wears this....

See, it was color day at school.  At the beginning of every year, each day is assigned a certain color to help the Kindergartners learn their colors.  They encourage kids to wear that day's color to help their fellow schoolmates.

Well the problem is, Nin couldn't remember what color she was supposed to wear, and despite searching, we couldn't find the flyer telling us what color she was supposed to wear this particular day.

So, she decided that she better wear all colors, you know, just to be sure she didn't miss out.  She was very insistent that she wanted to participate, so this is the way it had to be. 

I learned years ago to pick my battles with her clothes.  She will wear what she wants because she likes it and that's it.  Her mind is made up and no amount of convincing will change it.  It's not a hill I am prepared to die on every morning at 730 so I just let her pick out and wear what she wants.  I figure, she is the one that has to explain it to her friends if they ask.  It remains to be seen if peer pressure will ever affect her choices! 

Turns out, it was orange day so she made a very good choice with her top.  Which happens to be a dress that she wore under a skirt... 

Lots o' pants!

Since Nin won't stop growing, I made her some more pants.  On a side note, she has grown a little over an inch since May of this year.  In 4 months!  Since both girls are now so tall, I can't get a pair out of 1 yard anymore.  So the only corduroy that I had that was longer than 1 yard so was olive green and a brown floral.  I showed them to her and she liked them.  At first. 

So I spend several hours (until 2 am) making these super slim cords.  Once complete, I showed them to her and she immediately turned up her nose and said that she didn't like the fabric anymore.  So I used a little reverse pyschology and told her that I would give them to her sister (since they wear the same size) and she said "oh ok, I will take them now."  Roughly translated, that means that she will wear them, so that her sister can't have them.  Girls!

Pattern:  Ottobre Design 4/2009 #31.  These are a size 134.  With a big hem at the bottom so I can let it out as she grows.



What's not to like about plain ol' cords with a rainbow waistband and fun zippers!



The brown floral is a little much, but she picked out the material!





I found a pattern in one of my Ottobre magazines for a pair of cords and they were super cute. So I traced those out for TheoLeo. I saw an idea for flipping the pattern piece on the corduroy that the wales are going different directions for a little visual interest.

Pattern: Ottobre Design 4/2010 #11 in size 86. The waistband and cuffs on the pants are made out of cotton lycra, with a piece of elastic in the waist to help keep them up!



The knee pieces



pockets lined with baseballs!



a little helicopter tag under the pocket



Although there are only 3 pairs, they were a lot of work!