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Evelyn is sitting in the living room floor with one of M's shirts over her head. The girl loves to play with laundry. M thinks it's because she wants to be like Mommy, and Mommy plays with laundry. It's terribly cute because she is so totally working when she's doing it. It isn't a game. She seems like she is feeling better today. YAY! Grumpy babies make for grumpy mommies.

Guess what waddled into my yard this morning! A... turkey! At least I think it was a turkey. It was certainly not a bluejay. We live on the edge of town, sure, but I still wouldn't expect wild turkeys to amble into the yard. Last summer, I had cows in my driveway so I don't know why I'm surprised.

Did I mention how great I am at multi-tasking? Last week, I vacuumed the house, wearing my kiddo on my back, and while I did that, I checked my email as I vacuumed past. I was AWESOME. ;) It sucked, really, but it sounds good. I am not really that great at multi-tasking at the parenting job. I think I need a more baby-proofed house, or be calmer about what she gets into.

One of the best things about having a girl is that the clothes are awesome. It's especially great because my mom loves to buy baby clothes, and we have hand-me-downs from her older cousins. It's funny because the hand-me-downs come from two different cousins, both of whom have different tastes in baby clothes as me, or my mom. Mom and I mesh pretty well, which is great, although she does like a few things that I don't care for. Most of the hand-me-downs are perfectly normal children's clothes, but every now and then I get a real doozy. All of this is to say... today, Evelyn is wearing a hoochie-mama outfit given to her by one of those cousins. It's really great because the fabric is classic wholesome (pink, orange, green and blue cotton, with a butterfly applique, and matching striped shorts) but the cut is somehow sort of trashy, with thin straps that cross in the back. I can only imagine that it's something about how it fits her that wasn't intentional. I have a real problem with "sexy" kids clothes but I don't mind her wearing it at home this once, but it does strike me as so wrong.

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[carrieb.livejournal.com]

It doesn't look sexy from that view, but the colors kind of burn my eyeballs. I have a problem with sexy clothing for kids too. In some ways I'm gladI had a boy.

[same-sky.livejournal.com]

Oh.. that isn't the outfit from today, though I can see why it sounded that way. That is just my favorite ugly outfit from the past. (it made my eyes bleed, too, but it made me laugh so she wore it anyway.) I figured out after I posted that it probably only looks sexy b/c she's a touch short for it, so it's low-cut. That made me feel better!