22 Oct

Wanted: Blue Pants

Posted by: Lizzie

Simon has a problem.  It started off innocently enough, this love of “blue pants”.  But it has grown into something ugly.

Every day, when we get dressed, Simon says, “I need blue pants.”

You see, the blue pants don’t necessarily mean “blue” like the color.  He has about five pairs of jeans that mostly qualify as “blue pants,” but there are other factors that make pants worthy of his taste.  In order of importance, here are the features of pants that Simon must have:

  1. Front pockets
  2. Back pockets
  3. A button
  4. Actually being blue
  5. Bonus points for all of the above plus belt loops

Obviously, sweat pants are out because they do not meet any of the above requirements.  And if a pair of pants are corduroy or green, and they have pockets, he is OK with them.

So why this affinity toward “blue pants”?  I honestly don’t know!  Having access to pockets I can understand.  Simon likes to carry things around with him throughout the day: a small deck of Pokemon cards, rolled up pieces of paper that he found somewhere, or small toys.  If he has belt loops, the probability that I will let him play with a sword goes up and he’ll be able to put it in the loops instead of down his pants.  Yeah, he likes to stick things DOWN his pants, too.

In order to please His Royal Highness with the Blue Pants, we do have to make sure that at least one pair goes into almost every load of laundry along with a few pairs of underwear.  Even though he has been potty-learned for a year, pants-wetting still happens at least every other day because he has either waited too long or because Jamie tickled him too much.  The other night, they were playing around and Simon suddenly stopped to say, “I peed myself!”  He sounded so surprised that we laughed about it for the next three hours.

I hope this Blue Pants Phase goes away soon.  It’s frustrating that there are ten pairs of pants that he refuses to wear sitting in his dresser drawer, and the pants he is willing to wear are all getting worn out.  FAST.

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