More differences to note.

I do the kids' laundry only once a week.  They have plenty of clothes to go longer, but I feel once a week is a good amount of time before it gets too crazy having to fold and put everything away.  Last week I noticed a huge difference between Ian's pile of newly folded, clean pile of clothes and Sam's.  Ian's had 7 pairs of pajamas ready to be put back in his dresser and Sam had none.  Zip, zilch, zero, nada.  Not a pair of pajamas to be found anywhere in her clean mountain of clothing to be folded and put away.  She did however, have upwards of 21 outfits that had just been washed. 

You see, Sam has now gone from wearing pajamas all day long, (especially to school) and refusing to get dressed, to wearing only clothes non-stop.  After her bath each night, Sam insists on wearing clothes to sleep in.  As with everything that has no major impact on the state of things, this is an area Jeff and I will not fight with her on.  I do request she puts on clean clothing.  Who wants to return to clothes you've played in, ate in and wore for 12 hours?  Then upon waking the next morning, Sam takes off the clothes she slept in and picks out a fresh outfit to go about her day.   90% of the time, Sam requires a complete outfit change somewhere in the middle of the day.  Hence, we are seeing 3 new looks all within 24 hours.

Maybe Sam is in training for hosting the Academy Awards?  Maybe Sam really loves messing with us and keeps it interesting by going from one end of the spectrum (only pajamas!) to the other end (never pajamas!).  One night she even slept in her shoes.  What in the world was she thinking?  I need to be ready in case of an emergency?

The funny thing is, you think you are prepared to raise another child when you already have one.  You think you know what to expect and feel ready to tackle pretty much anything they can throw at you.  Ha!  I feel like I am aging faster than the President.

Who knows why she is doing this?  But each month we seem to enter a new phase.  Can't wait to see what the next one brings. Let's just hope we are ready for it.