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I have two daughters; school is just around the corner. The girls are entering first and third grade. Each one has their own unique style. Taylor tends to be sportier, she will wear skorts, skirts and dresses but they are guaranteed to get dirty. Emma, the younger of the two loves her dresses and is a total girly girl.

Taylor likes for me to give her choices the night before she goes to school Emma likes to pick her own clothes. Taylor is always matching because I help her. Emma on the other hand, looks like a six year old picking out her own clothes.

With Taylor, I take her shopping so she can choose and approve her clothes. I made the mistake of purchasing her a shirt that she refused to wear more than one time. It was a Bart Simpson shirt, I loved it. I have a feeling some kid said something to her and then she never wanted to wear it again.

Emma, I have learned, to find mix-and-match styles. Many stores carry shorts/pants that match with multiple shirts. This works out great other than when Emma puts a pink stripe with a pink floral because in her mind they are both pink, thus they match.

Taylor’s hair is always in a head band. I started putting them in her hair in first grade when we decided to let her bangs grow out. Once in a while she will let me put her hair in a pony tail. The poor kid has her mother’s (mine) hair. It’s thick and brown, it’s a nightmare to brush.

Emma’s hair is the hair that I always dreamed of. She has straight as a board thin blonde hair. It has the natural high and low lights that women spend tons of money at a salon to have. If I didn’t love it on her so much, I would be tempted to cut it off and make a wig for myself, lol.

Shoes are the bane of my existence during the school year!!! My goal for this year to keep track of shoes better! Taylor just wants plain tennis shoes for every day. Emma however, wants different shoes for each day of the week.

All of this being said, I am looking forward to back to school shopping for both of the girls! I always loved getting new outfits before school started and love the tradition of taking them shopping to pick out that first day outfit!

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