DAY 142

Shortly after school started for the year, my eldest showed up for breakfast dressed like this.

If you  have kids that haven’t embraced this trend, feel free to show them this photo.

Somewhere during the morning melee of packing lunches and running through our “Do you have…” checklist, I looked down.  Trying to be helpful, I said, “Kayla, honey, I can find you a matching pair of socks.”

She countered, “This is the style, you’re supposed to wear them like this.”

In my head I screamed, THAT’S AWESOME!

But, I needed to approach this carefully, like one would draw near a wild animal.  I didn’t want her to know my heart was singing, it might scare her away from the mismatched sock trend.  Oh so casually, I said, “That’s nice sweetie,  uhm, so, are lots of the kids doing this, or a few, uh just you…?”

She shrugged and said, “lots”.

“OK, honey, go brush your teeth.”   “Uh, Kayla?”

“Yeah Mom?”

“You should probably tell your sister about that sock thing too.”

And so it has been for the last few weeks in my house.  We have gone through a few fashion trends in our household, but this is by far the best.  The last time I did the laundry, I didn’t even have to make pairs with the kids socks.  I just stacked them haphazardly in their drawer.  If they lose one, we can still use the other. It’s a fashion trend custom made for The Simple Year.  I’m hoping it will become a “timeless classic” like the little black dress,  Although, I suppose it’s more likely it will eventually go the way of shoulder pads and pleated pants, but  in the meantime we are taking full advantage.

On a final note, I don’t know specifically who started this trend, I am guessing it was one FREAKING BRILLIANT parent  that had one too many single socks congregating in their laundry room.   In any case, I would love to meet them so I could shake their hand– or buy them a drink.