
Does it? It might not be a very good shot of the coat, he kept running away from me. A few years ago someone had given it to Adriana and every time she wore it I thought it looked like a boy's coat. So, now that Dallin is growing out of his old coat and I have out of necessity become the queen of frugality, Dallin is going to wear this one, unless there is an outcry from all of you precious readers not to. Please comment and let me know. This is your chance to change history, no wait that is tomorrow. But really, should he wear this coat until we sell our house or find something better at the Goodwill or should I just put lots of hoodies and scarves on him?
For the month of November (well at least until the day before Thanksgiving because then I will be out of town) I am going to take on two blogging challenges, one is to write about something I am grateful for each day, and the other is to write each day for National Blog Post Month. My old acquaintance and newly found blogger friend Lisa just posted about it.
So today I am grateful for hand-me-downs. They have really filled in the wardrobe gaps with our growing family. I really believe in re-using children's clothing, and always try to pass on decent clothes that Annika and Dallin have grown out of, to someone who might be able to use it. I remember the first time that someone gave us a big bag of clothes it was when Ariel was 2 but suddenly wearing size 4T and Nikolay was still in school. My mom brought the stash that someone in her ward had given her all the way from Wisconsin to Utah and it was full of nice things that Ariel could wear and grow into. Adriana and Annika are still wearing some of them. A few times friends that had only one daughter gave us clothing when she grew out of them, and when I was pregnant with Dallin a good friend of mine in Holladay not only lent me some of her maternity clothes, but tons of baby boy clothes. It was great! A few months later she became pregnant again for the 7th time, and I was so glad to share my maternity clothes with her too. It was like we both doubled our maternity wardrobes.
Yesterday, despite my critical post, I was grateful for my ward here and for the chance to get to know new people. The day before I was grateful that Halloween was over. I hope tomorrow I will be grateful for the outcome of the election. We'll see!

5 comments:
Not at all.
Nah it's not girly.
And I'm doing a grateful November thing too! I just haven't posted any yet.
I really like the November thankful idea. I am behind but I think I can catch up...
The coat is not girly at all. It is cute and even that much better that it was FREE! Love hand me downs.
I am also very excited for the election but will be glad when tomorrow is over!
I like the coat. I think you could even take pictures of him in it and make them black and white and then it will look really old. If that makes sense.
I like the coat. I know my brother had a few issues with different coats my mom put him in when he was younger BUT they WERE girl's coats. Mine, to be exact, so we KNOW they were girls coats. LOL. Your son is clearly all boy.
Thank you for reading my blog. I hope you don't mind if I read yours. I love the title - as I am always trying to learn from my own mistakes as well as things that I observe from others.
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