Dressing them alike
1 November 09
I’ve been sitting on three dresses in the same pattern for about two years now (after a six-month ebay search), and today was the first occasion on which I could dress all three girls exactly the same.
Every time I do put the girls in similar outfits, I think, “Oh don’t they look cute?” But it’s immediately followed by some some innate fear that I am scarring them for life.
Will they look back on the matching outfits and cringe? Or will they understand that I was doing it for their own good? (I’ve discovered that if your children look cute, they get away with a lower standard of behaviour — not that I would accept a lower standard, but sometimes whilst in public, things just happen.)


As we were driving to church today, I felt my heart bursting with love and pride for my three matching daughters. Ahh, the shallowness of keeping up appearances — I know it’s vain, but the emotions are involuntary.


I don’t have any more matching outfits waiting in storage, though I have heard of a mother of daughters who lives somewhere close by from who I may possibly procure some more matching clothes… Will common sense prevail? Or will vanity win out? Stay tuned to find out…
1 · Anya · 1 November 2009, 21:44
Lauren – I dressed our two girls the same today too. It really is so cute! I figure, ‘easy on the eye, easy on the mind’:)Don’t know how you ever find 3 matching dresses in the right sizes on ebay. That’s a feat for sure. How are the NZ plans coming along?
2 · Cheryl · 2 November 2009, 00:42
today i just bought ella and amiti the same beanies…because i don’t want them to have the chance to practise ‘the grass is greener on the other side’ theory. and they do look cool together. Cali is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo beautiful!
3 · Paulo · 2 November 2009, 10:51
Aw, they look cute, Lauren. I wouldn’t worry too much about scarring them for life. I remember when my mom would get us all matching African “suits.” Those were good memories. Made me feel strangely more connected to my brothers.
4 · Allison · 2 November 2009, 19:26
Love LOVE it!
They look adorable – they did a show last night about germs warding off food allergies, so I guess we can agree with David :)
They look adorable and thanks for reminding me, I’ll write my friend :)
5 · kay · 9 September 2010, 13:45
:) when i saw the photo i spontanously thought – yay, how cool a maxi mix!, i was surprised the blog post actually was about just that, it seemed so ‘right’ to me. but admittedly, i have problems with my sons idea of ‘getting dressed’ too. he has moments of wanting to go too ‘formal’..then other times, it’s either mismatched or makes me fear other moms will think i don’t care. sometimes it’s just that he insists on keeping on that tee with the big fresh juice stain – because it’s his fireman shirt! i think it’s an age thing, and we have to let them take their decisions a little, while explaining them the whole idea of dress codes too. the answer is somewhere in the middle, as so often.