Mom had a bad morning with Alice. Alice has developed the Princess style sensitivity to any faults in her clothing. Many a morning is filled with the sound of Alice saying “this doesn’t feel right!” about some article of clothing. This morning it was Alice’s underwear and her pants. Mom eventually gave Alice the choice of being naked in bed all day or suffering the cactus and pine needles Mom had sown on the inside of her clothing. Alice responded with complaints about how Corwin had all sorts of nice pants and Mom was just so much nicer to Corwin, buying him new and better clothes all the time. Of all the ways Mom might favor Corwin, that is one that would never have occurred to me.
P.S. Mom’s a bit brusque when brushing Alice’s hair, at least to listen to Alice scream about how much it hurts. She doesn’t do that when I brush her hair, but given the choice Alice always prefers to suffer with Mom.
At least she didn’t have “ants in her pants”. Did ya read in the paper that they were selling the Ants in their pants equipment? Would be a nice addition to the tree house?
I will be sure to mention that to Mom. In front of the kids, naturally.