Wading through water, or is it just the 80's again?

OK...so when I really remember the 80's culture hitting me, it was the late 80's and I did it all. Side ponytails. Scrunchies in side ponytails. Acid wash jeans. Holes in the knee of your acid washed jeans. "Valley Girl" talk..."like, oh my gah!" High top tennis shoes, NINTENDO NES and the birth of Super Mario Bros obsessions! Lots of my clothes were covered in polka dots and the shirts were big and long...Yep, I did it all.


Now, my most favorite thing is that a lot of the late 80's trends are back, and my kids are totally into it! Ryan has a huge obsession with Mario these days, thanks in part to an old Nintendo 64 game system that we still had. Megan is cracking me up trying to talk "Valley" and even though she doesn't even know what she's saying, there's like a lot of funny stuff she says, and she's like totally into the fashion these days!(her words, not mine) Shopping for school clothes is like, the most fun EVER! lol I swear, the day she pulls out "Grody" or "Gag me", I will wet my pants laughing. So, here's a shot of my big boy, my ever growing Ryan...after he got ready for school yesterday, I snapped these few shots:



He's wearing his red high top converse (knock off) shoes, and a Super Mario shirt.







Cute as he is, I just can't allow the space between jeans and shoes (especially HIGH TOPS) to continue...just chalk it up to all the ridicule I received as a kid when it was in style, but I couldn't HELP it that all my jeans were too short for my long legs....emotional damage? Not much...lol




In my best valley girl talk:
"Like Mom, totally take my picture, and I'll like, strike a pose and VOGUE!"








Then after really looking at the length of his jeans next to his TOTALLY 80'S RED HIGH TOP CONVERSE SHOES, I realized that it was time to go up to the scary, and ultra cluttered attic (ugh), and dig out the totally awesome hand-me-downs from older cousin Lane! (THANK YOU AUNT MARY). So after a difficult climb to an attic that is half my height-HEY, TALL PEOPLE HAVE DIFFICULTIES IN SMALL ATTICS-, I found the bags and Ryan is set to get started the season wearing clothes that actually fit him~NARLY!

side note: hey! I'm getting better...3 posts in three days...wow!