First, I just have to say that I was not the adult in this house that allowed our daughter out to shovel snow in her dress up clothes. See those bare legs in the picture?! Thankfully, she got too cold after about 3 minutes and headed back inside.
Getting this girl to wear winter clothes has been quite the ordeal. I guess running around in the Philippines without socks, shoes and occasionally without much clothing is in her veins.
I think the biggest mistake I made with her was allowing her to pick out her clothes this summer. Since she stared school, there have been some major fits over her wearing 'school' clothes and not her favorite green top and red velvet skirt followed by black tights and her white Easter shoes.
Besides looking like a clown, now that it is winter, the girl simply refuses to dress appropriately. What was under that jacket? - a bikini top to go with her blue mermaid skirt! We just can't get her to wear clothes - even when it is 20 degrees out.
The solution: Yesterday we removed all of her clothes from her room. Now they are all in our room, which she in no longer allowed to go in. She gets one outfit a day and she doesn't have any say about what she gets to wear. It is the only other thing we could come up with after the 3 months of other things we have tried to get her to cooperate. And, she still gets to play dress up, but not as a half naked mermaid!
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