A long time ago I hated pink. I refused to have or wear anything pink (probably due to the fact that in my younger years I had to share many pink rooms with my 3 sisters). My Mom still teases me to this day about hating pink. It was so bad I swore that if I ever had a daughter she would NEVER wear pink!! Hahaahhhaa. That was a big load of crap! My very girly girl daughter chooses to wear pink every single day. These days I have to give the babies two choices of shirt to wear. Everyday for Shenzie I pick one pink one and one other color. Without fail she chooses pink unless purple is an option (which rarely happens since I HATE the color purple). Shenzie is fascinated with her younger cousin Haylee and for awhile would only wear clothes if I told her they came from Haylee. She’ll still point at something she’s wearing and say ‘Haylee’. Her favorite socks are her tall knee high pink ones. Her favorite shoes are her plaid Converse which she is growing out of. At the age of 2 1/2 she wears a size 6 shoe but within the month will be in a size 7. She wears a size five diaper. Size 2t pants. Size 2t or 3t (depending on the brand) shorts, skirts, and dresses. She wears a size 3t shirt and if it isn’t long enough to completely cover her pants she will freak out!

Heaten is much different. He only wants to wear ‘old clothes’. The babies both know what old and new mean so if I bought him any new clothes I have to tell him they are old. He also picks his shirt each day, but could care less about color. We have more of a game ritual where he thinks it is quite funny to stand and ponder his decision for 3 or more minutes. When I finally tell him to hurry up and pick he’ll pretend to pick one so I’ll go to hand it to him and he’ll pull a fast one and quickly change his mind choosing the other one. He thinks this is quite hilarious. On days when we aren’t rushed to get out the door I think it is quite funny too…on those other days when we’re late I could probably do without our little game. Heaten wears size 2t pants, 2t or 3t shirt (depending on the brand), size 5 diapers, and size 7 shoes. He has a funny morning habit of taking his socks off and throwing them from the bed along with his doggie while yelling MAMA, MAMA. It is getting to be summer here and soon we won’t need socks at night anymore. The only problem is the babies scream and cry if I forget to put their socks on. I don’t know how I’m going to transition them to sleeping with no socks. Any suggestions?