Wake Pea Up Before you Goji - 10/10 thread

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But I wasn't really even stipulating what she should wear. Just on the whole when the boy's clothes were found in my room - perhaps not those? I sort of meant, why am I bothered by it, I think.

Not read, have read extracts. You will never sit on the loo in innocence again Lemur

I live in Lin cs Lemur.

Hello, everything fell off my active conversations and haven't found you all. We're immersed in bleeding illness still, dp better but now dd1 has it or something, she's crying with earache, and dd2 is being odd in a possibly getting ill way - just bursting into tears for no reason. I always seem to post about illness. Bloody vegetables, where have they ever got me eh?

I know what you mean 100. Dds both have v. odd choices and I hate that I care and try to talk them into wearing something nicer. Dd1 likes to dress like a poor boy, and dd2 like a crazed barbie. I hate the tricks I use to get them to tone up/ down, but you know, hard not to.

Oh no! Poor all of you. How difficult. is it flu? Will you get abs for the earache?

Thank you for words. Am sure you are right. There is a mini boden advert flashing as I sit here contemplating the brown t-shirt with stupid slogan on it. To taunt me.

Boco......I real wish you could have a long protracted well spell.

100x, DD has clothes issues, but we went out (she has a huge wardrobe of lovely clothes) in some old holey leggings and a vest that doesn't fit her.

We were in a clothes store and saw one of her teaching assistants, who on enquiring who we were buying clothes for (it was nobody but I was looking), and I said I was window shopping, she gave me a filthy look that said...''your poor daughter is dressed like THAT and you are looking at clothes for you''.

It is amazing how small you can feel when you are actually about 5' 8''!!

Yayyy! On house news nicky, how scary and thrilling..

I want to the kickboxing class and am as high as a kite!. I have a new exercise crush lol. I might have been the oldest there but was glad I wasn't by any means the unfittest.

Oh dear. You are all much nicer than me. I say you can't wear that it looks daft, wear this instead. Or I say, do you really think that top goes with that skirt, hmm? Or, why on earth have you put that green skirt on with that red top, you look like a sprig of holly. Poor dd. She will probaby need therapy.

Poor dp , Boco. Hope the rest don't get too ill. Dh has flu too. He has been lying in bed all day. We were menat to go out tonight but he is too ill so I went out on my own.

Molly - I thought your elder fizz sounded so nice I might make it but I only got as far as opening the rhubarb schnapps whih is LOVELY.

Guad _ I have already given my children a oomplex about colours going....

do you Guad? Why? Does it matter?

See, I didn't think it did matter to me, but now suddenly it did. I have probably encouraged dd's tomboyishness, or at least totally accepted it, but am now a bit about actually wearing real, proper boys clothes to a party in a tree house

A friend emailed me tonight. I mentioned this to her. She wrote back 'my all time favourite dd moment was when she strode in our house dressed as darth vader.'

LOL. Jeez. It seems we are a long way from 'do you think that matches?'

Yes, I really do do that. I hadn't really thought it was a problem. In fact I hear dh helping dd get dressed and he says you better go and chek that with mummy.

Who are you, nonnymus? I am ignoring your request for anonymity.

I am thinking about this a lot now.

I don't know why it matters, except it does matter to me, because it bothers me visually. Some of the the combinations dd or dh would choose make me wince. Once I show them the correct way they agree with me anyway. [hopeful]

Or maybe I am a control freak.

It is interesting isn't it. You know when they're little and you really do get to choose. I think there was then a point when they started to want to have their say - much more dd than the ds's though - and I let her get on with it. I think the horse bolted, and am now leaning against the stable door clutching delightful and tasteful pale green top to my bosom wondering what happened.

Must go to bed.

I chose her a delightful pale green t-shirt today. There are two pairs of leggings, one skirt and two pairs of trousers that it goes very well with and I will instruct her tomorrow.

Goodnight.

I am getting suked into fish thread again.

This is interesting. DS likes to chose his own clothes and is often quite insistent that he wears some mismatched outfit. I tend to grit my teeth and let him do it and then, when we're out and I see someone I know we smile and chat nicely and I hiss "he dressed himself, I didn't chose his clothes today." I think being three means no-one really notices or cares what he wears.

Guad and ahundred, you both have boys too - do you care what they wear? Do you think it is different for girls?

sorry guad. non ny person was me. I had another thread where i didn't want things to be identified,

I am anal about colours going together and have coached the boys surely but slowly. Though ds1 has a very good eye for colours and design anyway.

They obviously have chosen their own clothes for years but if one gets it 'wrong' the other will say (nervously) ''mum, mum, he shouldn't wear that checked shirt with those camouflage pants, should he?''

Alterntaivley, you could just buy everything in 2 colours. Which go!

we celebrate 14 years wedding today.

ds1 dresses like a loon
his favourite outfit is his chinese blue silk trousers (yes i know i did buy them for him but i didn't imagine him wearing them to football for instance)
and his sense of colour is quite twisted
he knows things should 'go' so he sometimes chooses to wear all one colour, eg, red top red trousers red jacket red socks red pants
phew
i wince and if we are going somewhere i do want to look smart then i am a bit underhand
"oh you'll be a bit hot in that top darling, why not try this one"
or "your chinese trousers might get muddy at the park, how about these ones"
the rest of the time i try to just ignore, but it is hard because he has quite a hungry neglected look at the best of times, and when you home educate and are clearly not in school when you should be, but instead hanging round the park not being supervised very well, it's probably best if you are in matching boden rather than a too short tracksuit and a t shirt that doesn't go

There are days when I let things go a bit, I am not fiere about it, but I do say wear that one instead and she does. Must depend on personality a bit I suppose. My friends dd has chosen her own clothes since 18 months or so, point blank refused to wear certain colours like brown or grey. Even now she says, I wish M would wear that and I think, well, tell her she's wearing it. Full stop! But she won't.

SB - That's an interesting point too. It isn't such an issue with ds1 because most of his things seem to go with each other ifswim. Most of his tops and tshirts look fine with his jenas or shorts as he has quite neutral coloured trousers. He chooses his clothes now in the shops. Occasionly I raise a brow at a certain tshirt, usually what it says though. I am am forever saying go and change that because it isn't clean however.

Um, ds2 is still well in my control. I lay them out if dh is dressing him.

God I sound like a fruitcake! I am, er, really realxed and chilled, honest.

(I won't mention shoes)

Happy anniv Molly Are you doing anything to celebrate the day?

I am going to be a control freak with what Baby Lemur wears, I just know it

Dh has a good sense of style and colours when it comes to himself, but when it comes to dressing ds it's as if he becomes colour blind all of a sudden. Very odd.

Apart from when DC's look like street urchins who don't have decent clothes, I do not say anything about the way they dress. (wish I could link some photos of DD sometimes). IMO, they are expressing themselves.

DS is more style conscious, but DD has a fabulous way of dressing that even I wouldn't dream of doing. But she has a sunny personality and a jaunty walk that just makes me smile.

Happy Anniversary Molly.....

I feel deeply sick....

I know you are all interested in this, fascinated probably. DD got up this morning and said, 'I think not those shorts, but I'll wear the t-shirt and wear my shorts'. I did nodding. I think I do underhand stuff when it's v. important, but last night the boys clothes were important to her. Anyway, half girl, half boy. Seems fine.

I LOVE blue chinese trousers for football btw.

100x....

well, after this morning's discussion, when dd wanted to wear her leggings underneath her green skirt that looked very nice (imo) on its own with her tshirt, I said okay, as if you were all nodding in the corner.

I am not sure that dd's first choice of clothes is always about expressing herself that's the thing. If she had rooted through a drawer and spent time chossing then I might feel bad, but she simply picks up what is closest to her as she actually doesn't care.

The only reason she wanted leggings on was because they do handstands at lunchtiomes and she's decided she doesn't want people to see her knickers.

ANYWAY - enough of that blithering on.

Graze is here and I am hungry. I had my first 'on it's way' email and I resisted looking.

Oh no! Goji bloody berries. Why have I not put those on my never send me list. Perhaps I should have checked and stopped them in their tracks.

Pineapple though which is good, and lemon salted almonds, honey pecans and frosted cashews. Yum.

Urrrgh, remind me why these are good for you again?

Ooops, Guad. I can't remember why Goji berries are good for you, I don't like them much these days. Well done with DD this morning!

I think, in a way, it is easier for little boys because most if their clothes seem to come in blue or beige which means that most combination go together, more or less.

"when you home educate and are clearly not in school when you should be, but instead hanging round the park not being supervised very well, it's probably best if you are in matching boden rather than a too short tracksuit and a t shirt that doesn't go" I think that should be quote of the week.