It was a big day for us!
I gave my son plenty of warning over the past week or so that soon his favorite green shirt would be too small and he would have to find a new favorite.
If you read my post about this shirt a couple weeks ago, Must Have Green Shirt at All Times, you’ll understand what a big deal this would be for him. This is the kid that stands in front of the drier half naked, waiting for his precious shirt to be dry. He won’t wear anything else! No other shirt will do!
First thing in the morning, I held his arm out and showed him how his arm had grown! His shirt didn’t reach his wrist. I tried to make it sound wonderful and exciting. “Wow! You’ve really grown. Look how much you’ve grown!” I then pointed out the stains that I couldn’t wash out and told him he could wear this shirt all day, but at the end of the day it was time to say goodbye to it.
I was surprised he took it extremely well!
I was prepared for battle, for Gollum to hiss and yell, “My precioussss!”, for tears and begging and pleading. But, he just said “okay.”
I was in shock! That was easy! Well, okay then.
I hadn’t planned on buying him a new shirt to replace his precious green one, but we were out later shopping for his sister’s first birthday present (*sniffle* It went by too fast!) and he found some green shirts. They were cute and a good price, so I bought him two different ones. He couldn’t wait to wear them!
It was no problem saying goodbye to the old shirt that night and he was super proud to tell his daddy how he had grown, and to show off his new clothes!
Phew, I was prepared for the worst and it was too easy! I don’t think it would have been a problem even without the new shirts. I guess I caught him on a good morning. I’m still a bit dazed that it went so smoothly.
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