ComPLEATly imPRESSive uniform
posted by Rebecca | 11:11 AM
About Me
Name: Rebecca
Location: London, United Kingdom
First a New York PR maven, then a boring suburban housewife, now an expatriate living abroad. Whatever will I think of next? Join me, my husband and our two small children as we interrupt our regular lives to move to London for a few years. The best thing we've ever done or pure folly? Only time will tell...
Unsolicited Advice
- So you're thinking of living in London
- So you're thinking of traveling with your small children in tow
Learning My Way
Around Town
- London Journey Planner
- Tube Journey Planner
- Camden Council
- Up My Street
- My Hampstead
- The Ham & High
- NW3 Kids
...And Around
The World
- Paris
- Edinburgh
- The Algarve
- New Jersey
- The Cotswolds
- Prague
- Bruges
- Stockholm
- Barcelona
- New York
- Rome
- Wiltshire
- Bologna
- Florence
- Venice
- Amsterdam
- Madrid
Brevity Has Never
Been My Strong Suit
- Our house (in the middle of our street)
- The hardest part
- Note to self
- You have now entered the twilight zone. Please ap...
- Home sweet home
- When you come to visit us, please admire our furni...
- Mr. Murphy is alive and well and living in London
- Sticker shock, part deux (or: Bring on the $45 piz...
- A tree grows in London (and other happy observations)
- It's a nice place to visit, but...
Behind The Curtain
11 Comments:
I'm very imPRESSed. I can't believe that you tackled those pleats! Yikes! And, does she wear this uniform every day? Do they change into play clothes for recess? I can't even imagine. She seems to be enjoying it though :)
And, PS, I think I recognize those shelves in the background as vintage Ikea. ;)
Thanks, J, and welcome to my blog!
Steph, they wear their gym clothes to school the 2 days a week that they have gym (tracksuits and trainers -- otherwise known as sweats and sneakers!). All other days, it's this kind of pinafore (or "pinnie") or a pair of trousers (which of course I've never seen a single little girl wearing) and a blouse, plus a sweater if it's cold. Julia complains that it's a real pain to use the slide in a pleated skirt, but otherwise seems happy with the uniform. Me, I'd be a much bigger fan of something perma-press and unpleated!
(Oh, and yes, vintage Ikea... thanks for noticing!)
Rebecca, I've some unsolicited advice. Screw the ironing. Say 'hi' to everyone you encounter walking down the street. Wear bright clothes, and throw a pink ribbon on Julia's hair. Walk in the rain without an umbrella.
Shake 'em up a bit over there -- you, and they, will be all the better for it.
;-)
What Kristy said! With lots of good tea. Julia is a beauty, and I'm totally jealous of your house and of your adventure. Love you loads, kiddo.
Could that uniform be any more adorable? I'm so sorry that you have the reality of dealing with it, but I'm dying of the cuteness right now.
Oh, and LOVE the furniture! ;)
She is just too cute. And, I have to confess, I think the uniform is, too. Though if it were on my child, I can almost guarantee there would be no ironing. Then again, if I really wanted to be invited back to the mother's group...maybe I'd do the same...(*grin*).
The house/flat is gorgeous, by the way!
Julia = adorable
Uniform = nice pleats!
Ikea shelf = wahoo! (I noticed it too, heehee.)
Great job on the ironing. I'll admit I would be ironing the damn thing too and grumbling every minute.
Julia is adorable. :) Sorry about the ironing nightmare, but the uniform is really cute.
She looks adorable in that uniform :) But I would never, ever be able to pull off that ironing job. Not in a million years. You are clearly a better mom than I!
What a cutie! I think I would go insane with all those pleats.
I work very hard at avoiding all ironing! As a child, I wore a school uniform much like that and my mom always pinned the pleats together with clothes pins each night and hung it in the bathroom for the shower steam to work magic. Give it a try and I hope it works for you! Julia looks so cute and I can't wait to see my Katie in a school uniform!;)
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