dressing yourself

Unsmart

I’m working on getting my 5-year-old to dress herself. I think I’m still hovering over her because she’s my youngest. My son Will, who’s now 9, was dressing himself from age 3 1/2 on simply because I had his baby sister to attend to.

But it’s time to cut the apron strings!

So the other night Sydney got out of the bath and dried herself off. I told her to go get her jammies on. Meanwhile, I dashed over to the computer and got lost for a few minutes reading blogs.

Then she came to stand beside me at the computer. Out of the corner of my eye, I could see that she was still wearing only a towel.

“Did you get yourself dressed yet?” I asked as I typed away (adding another insightful, yet humorous blog comment I’m sure).

“Boy,” Sydney started. “You’re really unsmart tonight. Can’t you see that No, I didn’t get myself dressed yet?”

Hey!

Wait, now.

How come she’s so smart – but she can’t dress herself yet?!?

Dressed for Success

Last week I posted the following picture of my daughter:

It’s from the first day of school last September. When I look at it, I think 2 things:

1. Aww. She’s so cute.
2. Suri Cruise.

Yup, that’s right. I think about some celebrity’s 5-year-old child. And it’s not because of the stir little Suri created for wearing high heels while just a preschooler. Nor is it about her supposed over-age pacifier use.

I simply think about Suri Cruise because her famous parents have said she picks out her own clothes. And she looks fabulous!

I’m not sure I believe her parents, though. After all, you’ve seen the outfit above that my daughter selected for the first day of school. And here’s another ensemble she put together all by herself: