Battles

Where's Waldo?  Who is sticking out like a sore thumb?  Who didn't get the red memo?  Yeah, that's my child. I'm very much a "choose your battles" kind of mom.  I will not fight with my child over clothes (I get Sundays, they get 6 days a week).  Absolutely not worth it to me.  I offer to fix hair and help pick out clothes, but in the end, I let my kids do their own thing, no stress.  Isabelle rarely matches, her hair looks crazy, it kills me a little bit inside and I just think, "remember the little girl that used to let me fix her hair and help pick out her outfits?  She'll figure it out, right?" Anyway, Isabelle had a Christmas ASL program.  The memo was "wear a Christmas shirt, preferably red or green."  She has a red Christmas shirt and a mint green Christmas shirt.  I suggested the red one would look better on stage.  She asked if blue was a Christmas color.  She left for school with the worst outfit!!!  She wore the green one with a blue and white striped skirt and a headband. As I watched the program. I looked at her and thought, she looks like "that" kid.  The smelly one that comes from a difficult home life. I was laughing so hard.  She knew all the words and did all the sign language and was so cute, but I came home telling Mike, I think it's time I intervene a little bit more. So here we go, time to add some stress into my life.

I had to take a close up of what she looked like.  Here's the whole thing. Her personality cracks me up.