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Wednesday, May 02, 2012

Little 80's Style

Last week, the kids were supposed to dress in a different theme each day for preschool.  Believe me, I was scrambling to come up with something on several of those days- I know it's fun for the kids, but not so much for the parents, ya know?  

 Anyway, one of the days was 80's day.  It seems like it would be easy, but really, who has legwarmers or neon or Madonna-style clothing for their toddlers?  And I didn't want to go buy something for just one day.


 So this is what we came up with.  Since punk kids used to put safety pins all over their clothes, I went that route with Noah and wrote "80's" with safety pins.  I also spiked up his hair a bit.  At the last minute I remembered how we used to wear two colors of socks together, so I did that for him as well.  My husband says that only girls did that, but oh well!

 And for Avery, I went the easy route and dressed her the way a little girl would have been dressed in the 80's.  I could definitely handle that! You've seen this dress on her before in this post

The kids certainly didn't win any awards for best costume, but at least they looked cute!

And speaking of cute, how sweet is this photo?  These two are just such a pair.  Sometimes I feel sorry for my older son because of the bond the younger two have.  But it doesn't seem to bother him- I think he's just happy not to be bothered with his two-year-old sister!

I'm linking up here this week...

8 comments:

Musings from Kim K. said...

How cute are they!! Love the safety pin shirt. Darn creative.

My Vintage Mending said...

We used to put beads on safety pins in color tones...I remember my mom hated finding them all over the house...These two look whats the word...AWESOME....smiles...Renee

gabrielle said...

very cute 80s outfits and I love that last photo

vintage grey said...

So cute!!! Love both their outfits!! Such great photos!! xo Heather

OliversForest said...

that jumper is so cute! and what a great job you did with the safety pins! oliver is sitting next to me and just said 'oh, look at how cute her shoes are!' how funny that he would notice her shoes!

Susan said...

They're adorable and you are so creative!
Love the safety pin idea. I so remember putting them all the way up the insides of my jeans. Ahhh the 80's.

Unknown said...

I remember that two sock thing!
Love Avery's high piggies too. I have many photos of myself in the early 80's with my hair done exactly the same.

Grace said...

that safety pin shirt is so clever! and i adore that sweet little dress :)