Big Kids in Little Clothes

Last night I decided to go through my Halloween box (the orange and black box stored in the garage) and move some old costumes out of the box and into a new, not as of yet discovered, location. When I went to bed the box was nearly as full as it was before I started, and a number of Halloween costumes were left on the couch without homes.

This afternoon the girls insisted that they both wanted to try on the costumes. After a quick trip upstairs to rotate the laundry, I came downstairs to find Diana struggling to put on a pair of pumpkin footies made for babies 0-3 months of age. I convinced Diana that there was nothing we could do to make this outfit fit and suggested that she try on Amelia's old bee costume.

Diana was unhappy that she couldn't really wear the bee shoes, but she fit into the costume reasonably well. Though it was obviously tight, Diana didn't want to take the costume off at first. But Amelia was itching to try on her old black-and-yellow suit, so Diana gave in and decided to share the suit.

Surprising, Amelia could fit into her old costume, but just barely. She struggled and struggled with the bee slippers until I convinced her to give it up and wear them like clogs. Looking at this old picture of Amelia as a bee reminds me of how much Amelia has grown over the past three years. I'm also surprised to see how much she has changed. It makes me wonder if Diana's hair, for example, will darken as she gets older.

Lisa