My Children's Closets

The difference between having a daughter and having sons can be seen mainly in their closets. At least in my house that is true. My 3 year old son has 4 pair of pants, 2 pairs of pajamas, and about 7 shirts. My 2 year old son has about the same. My 7 month old baby girl has more clothes than she will be able to wear in the size she is in now. I have her closet full, her dresser full, and piles of clothes filling the bottom of her closet. Granted there are sizes from 12 months on up to 3T; she is in size 12 months right now. Even with all the clothes she has, I can't help but look at clothes everywhere I go. The worst thing for me is all the deal emails I get. I get up in the morning and immediately look at Zulily; not only do they usually have cute clothes but they have all the fun accessories to go with outfits. And that is another thing. The boys don't get accessories. They have pants, shorts, pajamas, shirts, socks, swim trunks, underwear (for my 3 year old), and shoes. What more does a boy need? :) Oh wait, they do have baseball caps and sunglasses. I also check out deal emails from Gymboree, Old Navy, Carters, and The Children's Place. They all have really cute clothes. I've often thought about deleting my email subscriptions with the stores to avoid the temptation but I can't make myself do it. Shopping for baby clothes is an addiction.

The boys sometimes wear the same clothes for a couple of days. Yeah, I know I'm bad but when I know we aren't going anywhere, and they are going to be rough housing and playing outside, I don't see a point in changing their clothes if they aren't too dirty. Noelle, my princess, gets changed morning and night usually. She gets a new outfit during the day and pajamas at night. I want to get use out of as many of the clothes as I can. She wears headbands and bows even when we aren't leaving the house. The boys get bedhead, and I don't usually brush it out except for pictures. And even then, bed head makes some cute pictures :)

Noelle is my living breathing baby doll. I get to dress her and make her cute every single day. I am making the most of it while I am still in charge of dressing her. I know one day she won't be letting me pick out her daily outfits and accessories. Boys clothes just aren't cute. Some of the toddler boys clothes are cute but my 3 year old has already grown out of toddler sizes for the most part. He wears a lot of size 4 boys clothes, and I have a hard time finding cute things for him. They tend to be characters he knows nothing about or scary or inappropriate graphics for a 3 year old. I find girls things everywhere. I've heard it gets harder as girls get older to find age appropriate sweet little girly clothes but right now at 12 months, I find more than I can pay for.

I feel the need to add a disclaimer- I don't love my boys any less than my daughter because I dress her up more. If you saw our house and all the boys' toys, you would know they are loved VERY much. Girls are just more fun to dress and buy clothes for.  I buy my boys trucks and trains, and my baby girl gets clothes and hairbows.  I love all my children the same.