Eli is 8 and has yet to ever care even in the least on how he physically presents himself to the world. He will wear anything I put in front of him- as long as it is comfortable. And we have yet to find a single pair of pants that will stay up on his 'hips' and not show 2 inches of his bum. But he does not care. I do- I just can not find a solution for senior no hips.
Theo- well I've always had this feeling that things would be different with him once he got tall enough to open his own drawers. Since we have placed his clothes in the top two drawers of the dresser, we are still in charge of his clothing options...but our days as Theo's style consultants are numbered. This is how I know:
Last night after the boys got out of the tub Eli decided to style Theo's hair. (Has Eli ever cared to 'style' his own hair? No.) He brushed it real nicely all kind of swept to the side- as much as Theo's short, thick hair can be swept. Then a little later the three of us piled into Theo's bed for books. After a page or two I noticed that Theo was kind of doing an extended tummy crunch and not putting his head on the pillow. I told him to relax and lay back. He protested and moved awkwardly onto one arm. Then he suddenly sat up, felt his hair, apparently decided that the whole effect had already been ruined, moaned "Darnit!" with more angst than 5 year olds should be able to muster, and then fell heavily onto his pillow.
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