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May 27, 2006
Sycamore High Graduation
The boys and I went to Emily's graduation today.
To prepare for graduation I had to make a trip to Target to buy Jack a shirt and Haydn some khaki shorts.
I wore my new suit.
Samson wore his new suit too.
Sam was less than thrilled at the prospect of wearing his suit pants and wondered if he could wear his camouflage jeans and his suit jacket. I told him that would not be a good idea and asked what the problem was.
The problem, according to Sam, is that the pants are too short.
I checked. They are not.
Another problem is that the pants are too baggy.
I explained that suit pants are not typically skin tight like jeans are. They were fine.
I went on to explain that the time to tell me he didn't want to wear his suit pants was early in the morning. Perhaps while we're entering Target with the plan to buy his brothers some new threads. Not while we're getting dressed and on our way out the door.
Sammo finally relented. He wore his jacket, pants, shirt, belt and tie. He looked very handsome.
I should point out that the first time Sam wore his suit he was decked out in new, black sneakers; not dress shoes. It looked like he'd probably out grow any dress shoes prior to having an opportunity to wear them again and, well, sneakers are always good. Naturally, we'd left the good sneakers at home and he was wearing the rattiest white pair of tennis shoes he owns.
They didn't bother him in the least.
Posted by delmer at May 27, 2006 11:59 PM