Tristan has been going thru a major growth spurt for, oh, about a year and half. When we moved to Texas he was about an inch shorter than me. I’m 5′3″. He is now atleast 5 inches taller than me and weighs the same as Sei. He’s grown out of 2 complete wardrobes and is now wearing Sei’s pant, shorts, shirts, shoes… I’m not sure how long that will last. I used to shop online for him but now it’s impossible because I don’t know what will fit. His newest thing to outgrown is his church shirts. He’s wearing Sei’s dress shirts, but Sei only has a few as it is. Oh- and he’s on the last notch on his belt.  I’m hoping it doesn’t get too cold this winter because I’m positive the sleeves of his coat are too short. Idk what to do! I can’t afford to feed AND dress him. We went to McDonalds yesterday and he ate four, yes FOUR (4), McDoubles plus some fries. I am now accepting donations for FEED MY CHILDREN.

With seven kids shopping at stores is not fun. At all. I went to 3 stores this past weekend with my 3 and 5 year old and was quickly reminded why I try my hardest to go to the store alone!  School will be starting in August and I have a new kindergartener, a 5th grader, a middle schooler and a (gulp*) high schooler! They will all need new school clothes after their ginormous growth spurts this year.

I am so thankful for the internet because now I can do my clothes shopping online!!  Zappos.com has clothes for all ages, sizes, etc… You can search by gender, size, color, brand… it’s great. I went to Zappos.com and saw some beautiful dresses for my girls!! I really like the set up of the site because I was able to click on ”dresses” and “white”  because that’s what I wanted and a whole page came up covered with white dresses. So simple.  School shopping this year should be a breeze!