Monday 20 February 2012

Wearing Outlandish Clothes in Public

I eventually learned to let go of certain standards  for what a little child should wear in public.  Instead of worrying about what people would think,I let my younger children dress in outlandish clothes, even when we went out. Anthony usually wore a purple batman sweatshirt, black rubber barn boots, a short black cape and an old grey felt fedora hat. This look was a salute to this four-year old's  heroes - Batman, Zorro and a Canadian Mountie.

One day, teenage Melissa went shopping in a large department store with her Dad and Anthony in tow. She had just realized that she couldn't see her brother when a loud announcement was made,
" I have a lost little boy at the customer service desk.  He is wearing a purple batman sweatshirt, black boots, a black cape and a large grey hat. Please come and pick him up."
Of course, it was Melissa who had to pick up Anthony, much to her chagrin.


Oh yes, not to be outdone, my youngest daughter usually followed Anthony around sporting a pair of fairy wings on her back.

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