Like, OMG, I am SO not wearing that!

While I work diligently on the kiddos' latest newsletters (I get a 3-year-old and a 4-month old in the same week? Yahtzee!), here's a little Zoe anecdote:

I'm getting her dressed this morning and, per usual, she wants to wear a skirt. Or a dress. With tights. So, I grab her Lands End corduroy skirt that Gram gave her, striped tights (who doesn't love an adorable little girl in striped tights?), and a long-sleeved t-shirt. I get the skirt on her body and she glances down at it. She picks up the sides, lifting them ever-so-slightly.

"What's the matter?"

"This skirt is too big."

"Too big? I guess it is a little long. But it's okay."

"I don't like it, Momma. It's too big and baggy."

Okay, so this skirt is a bit fuller than your average skirt. And a bit longer - past her knees. I'll give her that. But, "baggy"? Did she just say it was baggy?

"Do you not want to wear it?"

"No. I want my denim skirt." With that, she starts tugging down the corduroy skirt and heads to her laundry basket to find the denim skirt. And yes, I have a not-quite-3-year-old who requests a "denim" skirt specifically. She finds said skirt, holds it up and says, "See? This one is shorter." She grins.

I laugh, in spite of myself, and help her with the newly selected skirt. Then, as I get it straightened and buttoned, she says, "The other skirt is too big. Nobody will like it."

Yeah. That's my daughter. Already concerned with what *other people* will think of what she's wearing.