Since Alex is so skinny, his t-shirts have an unusually long shelf life. Almost all of the clothes he's been wearing this summer are last summer's duds. I don't have such good luck for Autumn and Winter clothing as he is tall for his age and long pants only last a month or two before they become floods on his spindly legs.
Yesterday afternoon I was getting him ready for the soccer game by putting on his green t-shirt with a soccer ball printed on it. I bought it for him the beginning of last season, but since it's not the right colors (Real colors are red, blue and yellow), he hasn't worn it yet this season. So I'm trying to put it on and it's just not going over his head. I'm pulling and tugging, he's crying, and for the life of me, I can't figure out why the neck hole won't stretch over his head. Finally we get his head through and the shirt fits fine, though when he raises his arms his belly sticks out the bottom. I start telling him what a big noggin he must have to not fit through the shirt when I notice the tag. The shirt is sized 3/6 months! I realize that there is indeed a limit to how long a shirt can last in his dresser. I've decided if the shirt is small enough to fit on his baby cousin Lily, I'm probably not going to try to have him wear it. I practically had to cut the damn thing off of him.
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