Grandma Bobbie was a big help with school uniforms this year. The kids both switched to different schools...Lexie because she's now in Middle School, and Logan so he could be closer to sister's school and their mom would have a lot easier time picking them up together to spend time with them on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. I saw that both new schools were "uniform" schools, and I thought everything would be ok, but didn't pay close enough attention to the colors. Logan could not wear burgandy/maroon anymore and that is what he wore mostly last year at J-town. Lexie wore almost all navy blue shirts, and had only one white one she could wear to school! So I was doing laundry twice or more times a week. Logan was in better shape because he could wear some of Lexie's navy polos from the year before, but some were big on HER, so HUGE on him. I bought Lexie two Moore Traditional School shirts in royal blue at $12 a peice. Needless to say it was not really in the budget, but she had to have them. This past week, grandma got them each several polos in right color and the right size (something I have a hard time doing). Plus she got them some good sneakers before school started!!
There is always SOMETHING going on with these two kids and clothes. Last weekend we cleaned Logan's room and in the process lost his one and only belt. I ran out to Walmart Tuesday night and got Lexie a new pretty white belt...Logan is using her old one which fits him...it was a brown leather unisex web-type belt. Last night Logan tells me "I need my jeans washed because today is picture day." I use a small apartment washer that hooks up to the sink. It works well, but I don't have a dryer and just hang-dry my clothes on either hangers or a rack. Jeans, in most cases, do NOT get completely dry overnight... Fabreeze it was then this morning... Last year, Logan came home with a rip almost all the way across the knee of his khaki pants. I asked him what happened and of course got "I don't remember..." The next day I get home and here he is with the knee of his pants ripped. I told him that he should not wear the same pants to school all week long, and he said "I didn't! This is a different pair from yesterday!" I just wondered what was ripping the knee of his pants, scratching my head and went on....I patched them on the inside with an iron-on patch! Lexie will wear the same two favorite t-shirts over and over again until I wrestle her to the ground and get them so I can wash them... Plus Grandpa Joe and Dana got her this black and white shirt which she would wear every day no matter what the temperature, weather, or occasion if I would let her...
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