My big boy

Biscuit's outfit today featured his "fire shoes," his new skinny jeans and a shirt that Jeff and I just couldn't pass up.

Biscuit had a pair of fire shoes in size 6 and loved them. We tried to find them in a size 7, but no luck. So when we saw a size 8 AND they were on sale, there was no discussion. We bought them.

As for the jeans, they're a pair of Biscuit's new jeans. A friend recommended a store that offers toddler jeans in skinny, boot cut and carpenter. Part of me is bothered by fashion and fads being thrust on toddlers, but another part is glad someone makes skinny jeans that will fit my boy.

Someone along the line came up with an ingenious feature on toddler pants. You never know if kids this age are potty trained or not, so pants have to be big enough to go over a diaper or pull-up, but not so big that they'll fall off of kids wearing underwear. So nicer toddler pants have an elastic band on the inside of the waistband. There's a button near the front of the waistband and the elastic has button holes in it. So you just cinch up the elastic and hook it over the button.

Biscuit's pants fit perfectly with the button in the sixth hole on either side.

Jeff and I were shopping one night and found a rack of shirts that hit every nostalgic nerve we have. There were logos for video games we had as kids, card games, candy, TV shows. We had a hard time narrowing it down to just a couple. We decided on "Wax on. Wax off." I think it was a good call. And if anyone disagrees with me, I might have to sweep the leg!

Here's what Biscuit looked like today: