I took Oldest and Youngest shopping today.
For a suit.
Oldest needs a suit, Youngest just gets one (Easter and all). Full jacket and everything. A tie that doesn’t clip-on. And his feet are big enough that he shopped in the proper mens shoe department… ouch, that cost a lot for shoes he’ll rarely wear. But I also picked up a new shoe shine kit because the few things I have in the shoebox just doesn’t cut it any more.
Time for Oldest to learn how to care for good leather shoes.
Time for him to learn how to properly tie a tie.
Oldest looked mighty sharp in that full suit. Even he liked it…. which came as a surprise to me.
Damn. Do they have to grow older?
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When you’re giving the tie lessons, can my boys come over?
Hrm. Maybe I could do some lessons… might do them all some good. Right now tho I just stood behind them and tied it myself in the interest of time.
I’ll let you know.
Meantime if you do need one tied, just ping me. Sometimes they learn better when it’s relevant to them because they’ll be forced to immediately practice it. 🙂
Yeah, They have to grow older.
I remember the have to buy a suit mark of maturity. It is hard to believe your little one is that old but it gets better and it gets worse.
When I saw our oldest son off for boot camp it was incredulous that the young boy who opened Christmas presents in his tighty whiteys years ago was leaving.
When we saw him in his dress blues, the pride nearly busted my heart.
Mark the moments well; they pass all too quickly.
I know. It all goes way too fast. On the one hand, you do want them to grow and go through all of this, but on the other, you just wish you could hold onto each of those moments a little while longer.