I recently had a job from a friend to sew name tags on her kids' school uniforms. As each item ran through our sewing machine, my kids became more and more enthralled. They loved the matching pants, skirts, sweaters, polos, and "daddy shirts" (what they call button-up woven shirts). They asked why WE don't have uniforms. I pointed out that they kind of do - they all have the same basic kinds of clothes in their drawers and even have a set of matching dresses. But they replied with no no no no...why don't we have EVERYDAY clothes that match!?!?
Well, not that I cater to my kids' every whim, but they were needing some new clothes anyway and I found some official "school uniform" skorts on crazy clearance, so I grabbed them for the older girls. Now the students of Gaskin Academy have a uniform when they feel like wearing one. It's nothing exciting or fancy to outsiders - but Ronnie and Alexa are thrilled.
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