This weekend my first grader asked me, “Mommy, why don’t I ever get to wear jeans?"  I told her that she could wear jeans if she wanted to.  I didn’t elaborate on the past jean fiascos where my daughter would get into hysterical fits if I even tried to put a pair of jeans on her.  She always had to do the “squat test” which entailed doing squats, leg lunges and other flexibility moves and if the jeans didn’t move well with her, well, they were out of there.  We’ve had many cute jeans go unworn over the years and I finally stopped buying them. Her wardrobe mostly consists of leggings, leggings, and more leggings but even the leggings have to pass her “wearability test”.  

So, with her newfound love of jeans, my car somehow diverted to Kohl’s and I headed to the girls’ clothing section.  I always beeline for the clearance racks and luckily there were a few pairs of cute jeans there.  But then I was left with a dilemma, do I buy a 6 or 6X…..should I buy just one pair or a few.  I ended up buying one pair of the cutest jeans that had some adorable butterflies and flowers on the sides plus they came with a hip purple belt and purple is her new favorite color (I think the switchover from pink to purple occurs in first grade).  Since my girl is in the Butterfly class at school I thought the butterfly jeans would be right up her ally.  Bingo!  I was right.  She was so proud to wear her new jeans today, but the sad thing for me is that she looked totally grown up.  There she was tucking in her shirt, fixing her belt and asking me when she can get more jeans.  She’s never really been one to care about what she wears but then another milestone hit when she asked to wear a dress (with tights!) to school tomorrow.  Needless to say, one fashion breakthrough is all I can handle for now.