So I got an email from my daughter's teacher requesting that children wear one color for the end of the year performance. I sensed this would not be easy. Children's clothes always have something on them. I rummaged through her closet and managed to put together an all white outfit.
I showed my husband.
Husband: White's not a color.
Me: Who cares?
Husband: The teacher sent a list of colors.
Me: Oh. What's on the list?
Husband: Yellow, red, blue, green, orange, or purple.
Me: [Sensing further complications]. Is pink on there?
Husband: No
Me to daughter: What color do you want?
Daughter: Pink!
Me to daughter: What color do you want that's not pink? How about red? It's a dark version of pink.
Daughter: No!
Me: What about yellow?
Daughter: No!
Me: Blue?
Daughter: No!
Me: How about orange?
Daughter: No!
Me: Purple? You'll be like a beautiful princess riding on a magical poney.
Daugther: No!
Me: Ok you have to choose. [Start the list again]
Daughter: Ok yellow. But with fairy wings!
Me: Ok... I'll see what I can do.
Husband: Don't forget the shoes.
Me: What? Shoes too?
Husband: She said "why not shoes too"
Me: ...
So being a working mom on to the internet it was. Things I learned:
-Clothes on amazon are ugly
-Patterns are trendy at H&M
-I do not know the magic search words to pull up top and bottoms of the same color except pyjamas (Which I decided against since I am in France after all and I could already hear someone saying "Is that child wearing pyjamas?")
I complained to my co-workers.
Co-worker: Why do you even bother I'm sure there will be a lot of kids not wearing one color. I'm pretty sure a lot of them didn't even read the email.
So I told him the story of the elves.
When my daughter was at day care they requested the children dress up as elves for the christmas show. By the time I got around to it anything under 20 euros was taken (elves must have been a popular theme that year) so we'd have to shell out more than 50 euros for a costume that I wasn't sure my daughter would want to wear anyways. We didn't think we'd be the only ones that thought that way so we didn't bother.
On the day of the Christmas show we got there and you would have thought that we landed in Santa's workshop with the amount of kids dressed up as elves. Fake nose, curled up shoes and all.
My daughter, on the other hand, wore a purple Frozen Anna dress.
Maybe nobody noticed?
Or maybe they did. So in order to avoid this I trekked to H&M on my lunch break and found a yellow dress. No wings. No yellow shoes. You can only do so much.
I showed my husband.
Husband: White's not a color.
Me: Who cares?
Husband: The teacher sent a list of colors.
Me: Oh. What's on the list?
Husband: Yellow, red, blue, green, orange, or purple.
Me: [Sensing further complications]. Is pink on there?
Husband: No
Me to daughter: What color do you want?
Daughter: Pink!
Me to daughter: What color do you want that's not pink? How about red? It's a dark version of pink.
Daughter: No!
Me: What about yellow?
Daughter: No!
Me: Blue?
Daughter: No!
Me: How about orange?
Daughter: No!
Me: Purple? You'll be like a beautiful princess riding on a magical poney.
Daugther: No!
Me: Ok you have to choose. [Start the list again]
Daughter: Ok yellow. But with fairy wings!
Me: Ok... I'll see what I can do.
Husband: Don't forget the shoes.
Me: What? Shoes too?
Husband: She said "why not shoes too"
Me: ...
So being a working mom on to the internet it was. Things I learned:
-Clothes on amazon are ugly
-Patterns are trendy at H&M
-I do not know the magic search words to pull up top and bottoms of the same color except pyjamas (Which I decided against since I am in France after all and I could already hear someone saying "Is that child wearing pyjamas?")
I complained to my co-workers.
Co-worker: Why do you even bother I'm sure there will be a lot of kids not wearing one color. I'm pretty sure a lot of them didn't even read the email.
So I told him the story of the elves.
When my daughter was at day care they requested the children dress up as elves for the christmas show. By the time I got around to it anything under 20 euros was taken (elves must have been a popular theme that year) so we'd have to shell out more than 50 euros for a costume that I wasn't sure my daughter would want to wear anyways. We didn't think we'd be the only ones that thought that way so we didn't bother.
On the day of the Christmas show we got there and you would have thought that we landed in Santa's workshop with the amount of kids dressed up as elves. Fake nose, curled up shoes and all.
My daughter, on the other hand, wore a purple Frozen Anna dress.
Maybe nobody noticed?
Or maybe they did. So in order to avoid this I trekked to H&M on my lunch break and found a yellow dress. No wings. No yellow shoes. You can only do so much.
