Boy power

Aiden’s Christmas/6 month portraits are scheduled for this Saturday, so I went out shopping today for an outfit for him to wear.  My mom and sister went along to help me pick out something cute.  Along the way, we realized an important fact:  our boys are really getting the shaft!

In every single store we checked out, there were racks upon racks of cute little Christmas dresses and outfits for girls.  Every size, style, color you could wish for.  Then, off in a corner, there might be one small rack of dressy boys’ clothing, which of course was thoroughly picked over.  A couple of measly Christmas sweaters or little blazers.  And when you manage to pick a favorite from the three styles offered, there isn’t anything in the size you need.

Have you noticed that there are so many cute clothes for girls, and major quantities of them, too?  But for boys, everything is either some variation of jeans or superhero-themed.  Sorry, I don’t feel like putting my son in Spiderman pajamas for his Christmas photo. 

We did manage to find a cute little shirt/vest/pants combo that will be quite adorable.  But then we made the mistake of looking for some shoes or slippers to go with the black pants we purchased.  HA!  You can find adorable dressy shoes for little girls as young as newborns, for goodness sakes.  Ballet slippers, patent leather, mary janes, whatever you want.  But I couldn’t find a single pair of black slippers or shoes for a six month old boy, and we went everywhere.  We couldn’t even find black socks anywhere, until we went to Tar.get.  I finally settled on the socks, since I’m not interested in hauling my ass all over the place just for a stupid pair of shoes.  But, damn!  Boys really aren’t given the same treatment when it comes to cute clothing options, are they?

Okay, rant over. 

And also, I had better have a girl someday so I can indulge in some of those dresses.  Cuuuuuute.  But my boy is gonna be so adorable in his ensemble on Saturday.