When I asked Will what he wanted for Father's Day, he did not hesitate: "Matching shirts with Edie." He also declared that every Sunday would be matching shirt day. And thus begins Edie's life of loving embarrassments.
The shirts I chose seemed appropriate for life in the beer capital of the world: Dad's says "Pint" and E's says "Half Pint." Heh. It also provided Will with a semi-normal looking tee shirt that I am hoping will supplant one of his thread-bare, fray-collared, discolored numbers that he nonetheless struts to work in many days (oh the perks of being an engineer).
It took awhile for the shirts to arrive. I ordered them online from a site that takes PayPal. I went to checkout, but PayPal said "you can't ship to GERMANY!!!" So I said, "Back off, PayPal" and I checked with the shirt store who said "Oh, just ignore PayPal. Pick a US shipping address, but we'll send it to the address you gave us." I in turn replied, "Jolly good, then. Cheerio." (The shirt was ordered from the UK). Can you guess what happened next? Could it be an email from my mother in law letting me know that a package from the UK just arrived in Columbia City, Indiana? You betcha.
But it's here now, and the first of oh so many to come Daddy-daughter matchy-matchy photo sessions finally happened.
Will, I cannot even begin to express my jealousy at your brilliant matching shirt idea. It borders on paternal perfection. I may have to consider stealing the idea from you.
ReplyDeleteIt's cute until it's embarrassing for them when they are older. In our line of work that's called a win/win scenario.
Nicely done!
/Jens/
Incredibly cute. Until she will refuse to wear anything not pink and/or sparkly. Then dad might be the one to stretch his boundaries, but that's healthy for everyone ;)
ReplyDeleteRight now at this moment, she thinks it's cool.
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