It's a Tough Job . . .

… but somebody's gotta do it.

When I picked up the babes for a sleepover last night, I noticed Ridley was wearing the soft, pretty tiered patchwork pink-and-white skirt that I bought for her birthday. With it she was wearing a very busy soft gathered printed tunic in pink, blue, lavender, aqua, … on white. I looked at it and asked her where the pink t-shirt was that went with the skirt. She looked at her skirt and top and said, "They both have pink in them." Well, I gotta salute her for that. But this child needs some training in what goes together.

She goes for themes. Yesterday was a "pink" theme. When I took her to dinner on Tuesday, she had a "bow" theme going. She had a turquoise and black bow in her hair, the hot pink t-shirt (that goes with yesterday's skirt) with a bow at the neck, black and white soccer shorts ("They were the only shorts that were clean."), and brown and cream shoes. With a bow on the toe. Honestly, this girl dresses like she's a color test at the optometrist's office.

While we were walking around Lowe's and Jo-Ann's last night, we talked about how to put outfits together. It's okay to have a busy print (last night's tunic) so long as you don't pair it with another busy print (last night's skirt). People's eyes don't know where to go. It's overwhelming. That's why you wouldn't wear stripes and plaids together—it's just too much in one place. She protested a couple of times and then finally said, "Ok, I get it."

This morning she opened her suitcase to get dressed for the day. On top was a black hoodie with cream stripes. Then she pulled out her shorts—pink and brown plaid madras patchwork shorts. She said, "I'm going to change my shirt when I get home."

Whew—she's open to guidance!