Olivia turned nine a few days ago. We had her birthday party on the Sunday before her actual birthday. My mom hosted the party and fun was had by all.
On the morning of her actual birthday (that’s what she called it leading up to and the day of her birthday) she woke to find that Alyssa and I had blown up 85ish balloons and left them strewn about the house.
Olivia giggled at all the balloons and then stood next to me, wondering if she’d grown overnight. Was she taller now that she was finally REALLY nine, she wondered?
I made her some blueberry pancakes, which she fed entirely to herself, because, yeah, she’s nine now and that means she’s big.
After she ate her breakfast, she helped wash the dishes because nine year olds are big enough to help with chores like that.
Then we went up to get dressed before the Porch girls arrived for an afternoon of fun.
And can I say right here that it drives me CRAZY that kids’ clothes go from a size 7/8 to a 10/12. What happened to the nines? I mean seriously? Where are they?
Olivia is too tall these days for most 7/8 pants but the 10/12 pants we have stored from Alyssa’s days as a pre-teen are too big around the waist.
What the hell?
Olivia is long-waisted with long legs. But she’s also on the thin side, so pants that fit in length are too big around the waist. So…maybe if someone, ANYONE, made pants that were sized to fit an actual nine year old, we’d have pants in our house that would fit her. As it is, she has pants that either fit in length and fall off her waist or fit around the waist and end above her ankle. Not fun in the middle of winter.
So here we go again. I know I bitched about this when Alyssa was nine too.
I’m thinking the winter solution is going to have to be leg-warmers. I will get her several pairs, she can wear them over her too-short pants that still fit around the waist and by the time spring arrives she’ll either fit into the next size up or her 7/8 pants will be short enough to be called carpris.
The things we have to do to appropriately clothe our kids. Sigh.
2 comments:
Aaah, I remember those days! Happy Happy Birthday to Olivia.
For years I've had to make a pleat close to the side seams on all J's pants and skirts. She is tall and skinny as well, so we've had to go by height. I also bought lots of used clothing that has been pre-shrunk & pre-softened by some other girl before ours, and lots of legging-type pants with a tunic shirt over. Sometimes I have to take in the sides of the shirts, so they're long enough but not billowing. Jeans with the adjustable side elastic. Now that she's moving into the junior sizes, I'm still altering, but it seems trickier to get a good fit without the children's adjustable waists. I guess my sewing skills have had to improve by necessity.
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