Voyaging with dummies

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Son number three was on the phone just now, his wife and daughter in the background laughing maniacally. What I thought was a Halloween prank call turned out a more serious one. "Mum, do we have back-up clothing for Elsa at home?" At home is hubby and my house. No, we do not have back-up clothes for a girl. All my grandchildren are boys save for one Elsa. We have some tee-shirts, a tad too big for her, one pair of sweatpants, a sweater, that´s all. Oh, I forgot about the sweatshirt and the pink Halloween Jammy I bought for her, which now comes handy- because son has forgotten Elsa´s suitcase at their home. He only discovered the problem when they were 30 kilometres away. Would mean they´d have more than 200 kilometres back to pick up the suitcase. Well, Elsa has her tablet, her medication, no cuddy toy for the night (no problem, we´ll give her one out of aunt Lil´s miracle box, the name aunt Lil alone will do the trick, or so I hope)-and tomorrow we will do a trip to Kik, to buy some new clothing. They have Ergee, what more could one want?

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I definitely won't fit Elsa out by running to Benetton or Zara. She'll probably spend most of the time in the garden, at the playground or tussling with her cousins! For this she needs sweatshirts and some warm pair of trousers. Or maybe two, or three...the cloths she came with are already in the washing machine. We had spaghetti for dinner :( They will go back home on Monday, so there's need of at least two more sets of clothing. Wish me luck!

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IMO it's completely unnecessary to buy expensive and/or trendy clothes for small children. They need something that keeps them warm and is comfortable for rampaging around — you did exactly the right thing.

I wish you luck, although all the luck in the world won't help once a toddler decides to get dirty.