Priorities
He appears self dressed in his favourite T-shirt. Horray! I notice that favourite T-shirt is a tad snug. He has been fond of Curious George for many a long year and chortles gloriously at the mischievous tales. Since this was a welcome departure from Dinosaurs, and Thomas, my oldest daughter painted this specially designed creation with her own fair hands.
Delightfully, it was a hit. I grab my camera as for some reason I don't appear to have any record of it's existence and some time soon it will be relegated to the rag bag, threadbare and washed out.
As she walks into the kitchen I prompt, “show Nonna what you're wearing dear!”
He looks at Nonna.
He looks at me, with a certain degree of uncertainty.[*]
He pulls down the waist band of his trousers.
[*] A hint of social awareness maybe?
So much to share, so little time.
July 24th, 2008 at 3:28 am
Getting there, slowly but surely
July 24th, 2008 at 3:38 am
LOL! Well, think about it, Nonna could SEE what he was wearing, so of course, you must of meant what she COULDN’T see!
Your daughter painted that shirt?
Seriously?
Brilliant!
July 24th, 2008 at 3:48 am
At first I thought you named your daughter Thomas. And I thought, “Well, they’re English. Maybe they just do that.”
Curious George is one of our favorites, too. Buddy Boy got the original book for his first birthday. It’s gotten a lot of use since then.
Joe
July 24th, 2008 at 3:58 am
Be careful what you ask for, LOL!
That Curious George shirt is a delight. Good choice for a favorite!
July 24th, 2008 at 4:43 am
Thanks for sharing!!! Cool shirt! …and self dressing is awesome! Way to go.
July 24th, 2008 at 5:02 am
Well, everyone knows you don’t show Nonna your undies
Think Pokemon ranks over Curious George at the moment. My 8yr still enjoys CG in the mornings.
July 24th, 2008 at 5:24 am
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Deborah
July 24th, 2008 at 5:50 am
Hahaha! Fantastic. Kudos to the self dressing though!
July 24th, 2008 at 6:09 am
I giggled.
July 24th, 2008 at 6:30 am
haha, loved the curious george shirt
July 24th, 2008 at 7:55 am
you know, that boy’s a lot smarter than me. last time someone asked me to “show Nonna what you’re wearing dear”, everyone in the room got really pissed when i showed them it wasn’t a bra.
July 24th, 2008 at 8:26 am
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July 24th, 2008 at 8:27 am
Does he give you that look, you know, the ‘what could you possible be thinking by asking me to do this’ look??? Patrick makes me doubt my intelligence daily.
I can’t believe your daughter painted that shirt. It’s very well done indeed.
July 24th, 2008 at 9:01 am
Too cute and funny!
July 24th, 2008 at 9:25 am
I thought exactly what Trixie did.
The shirt is really cool!
July 24th, 2008 at 9:33 am
Pika. . . Pika. . . .CHOOOOOO!
Gasundheit.
I think that my son finally wore a shirt that was not emblazened with Thomas this past month: under duress. I am unsure if character clothing is a blessing or a curse. When he’s too big for Thomas underpants we’ll probably have to stop privately referring to him as “Thomas butt” (he tends to streak through the house wearing not a lot more).
I have, however, the best character clothing picture ever: my son is standing on a step stool, cooking. He’s wearing Thomas underpants, rubber rain boots, and an apron, and nothing else. He likes to be prepared.
July 24th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
Love Curious George! The shirt looks great!
July 24th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
Me again…Thank you for your kind and understanding words…and for the encouragement to stick it out!! Felt like a big ol’ hug.
Thank you.
July 24th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
You are a new favorite place for me to get a smile!
July 24th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
You are my favorite (favourite!) new place to go for my daily smile.
July 24th, 2008 at 3:09 pm
HA! I just got persuaded to buy my 6 year old Pokemon underwear.
I love that he hesitated – he was weighing if he should do it.
July 24th, 2008 at 5:27 pm
Picachu underwear…We only had spiderman
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July 24th, 2008 at 6:46 pm
Too funny!
July 24th, 2008 at 9:28 pm
Ha. Obviously the undies were a pretty special part of his apparel.
July 24th, 2008 at 9:32 pm
How cute!
July 25th, 2008 at 3:33 am
What an awesome shirt!! And nice that he seems to be getting it about not showing your underoos!
Alas, I am still waiting for the day when my dear boy won’t take off his swim trunks because they got wet without his permission.
July 25th, 2008 at 7:44 pm
Ah, what a character–and a source of many, many great future stories I’m sure. Can emphasize with the not enough time part…
July 26th, 2008 at 4:33 am
The shirt is beautiful! What a great job!
Sure you don’t want these trading cards?