I should have saved my money, given her obsession with wearing Sam's old clothes.
She is usually quite adverse to wearing anything that she has not seen on Sam before. Sometimes I can talk her into it, but more often than not I just decide it's not a battle worth fighting.
Today, however, I was up for the fight. Nothing says "Game on, little girl" like Gymboree clothes scored on sale.
And I was feeling like she could just give in this day, since she had worm Sam's old baggy sweatpants and t-shirts to school all week long.
I presented them in such an enthusiastic manner, I thought I just might win her over. "Look at your new clothes! For your birthday! See the cake! See the cupcake! Miss Geri will think they are so cute! And I even have a cupcake hairbow for you! Look, Sadie - CUTE!"
She met my enthusiasm with an equally determined "NO!" and arms crossed in defiance.
I won't describe the details of the maneuvers I had to entail to get the clothes on her body, but we had quite the wrestling match complete with a headlock to put the bow in her hair.
She was none too happy about me wanting to take a picture to document the end result, either.
Eventually I got some smiles....
I sent her off to school for the afternoon, praying she wouldn't start taking the clothes off the moment she was out of my sight.
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