Alexis' bedroom is really very clean. Truly.
Alexis' old bedroom, on the other hand, looks like it is inhabited by a lazy clothes whore. Or Paris Hilton. Same difference. Either way, the closet puked up about 200 shirts, the dresser pooped a giant pile of pants, and then Alexis threw a whole bunch of other clothes on top of the pile just so there would be more SPARKLE! and GLITTER!
Her old bedroom is basically a walk-in closet, except that there is no "walking in" happening because it is TRASHED.
It's not entirely her fault. Somewhere along the way, the kid switched which bedroom is hers. Which, fine. Whatever. If she wants to sleep up in the loft, that's fine. The thing is that there isn't a dresser in the room she wants and the closet is very not short person friendly. It has been a year since she switched rooms, but we don't seem to be doing much to fix all of that so that her clothes will be in the room where she sleeps and put away.
I'm saying that it is absolutely my fault that all of her clothes are still in her old bedroom. It most definitely is.
It's not my fault, however, that she digs through laundry baskets like a dog digging a hole under the fence. She launches things left and right and up and across the room and KABOOM! it looks like a bomb went off in there. It is extremely overwhelming to even consider trying to find something in that room.
That's my excuse. That. Right there.
I used to be fantastic about keeping Alexis' clothes sorted. The very second an article of clothing didn't fit her anymore, it was packed away and replaced with something that did. That's not really the case these days. I consider sorting through her clothes and immediately start hyperventilating because OMG IT IS SO MESSY IN THERE, so then I consider that she is very nearly old enough to handle all of that herself. Closing the door and walking away seems like a great answer for the now. I'll revisit the issue in a year or so when I finally make her sort it all by herself.
Except that maybe NOW is the right time to revisit the issue.
I figured that fact out a few weekends ago when we were at the zoo. We were there for the usual Halloween party, so Alexis was walking around in her costume. Since it was cold out, I made her wear tights under her Little Red Riding Hood dress.
She wore tights all right.
I noticed the problem when I witnessed the kid walking like a penguin all around the polar bear exhibit. She could barely move her knees and was sort of waddling. She asked for help at one point and that was when I realized that the crotch for her tights was all the way at her knees.
Because she was wearing size 2T tights.
She's nearly seven years old. She hasn't worn size 2T in a very long time.
So can someone please explain to me how a kid can put on tights that are WAY too small and not realize there is a problem? Because I'm completely confused by that fact.
