{"id":4227,"date":"2012-02-23T23:01:48","date_gmt":"2012-02-24T04:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/?p=4227"},"modified":"2012-02-23T23:01:48","modified_gmt":"2012-02-24T04:01:48","slug":"small-style-hand-me-downs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/23\/small-style-hand-me-downs\/","title":{"rendered":"Small Style: hand-me-downs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yarnattacks\/6778591750\/\" title=\"just swing by Lisa | goodknits, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7047\/6778591750_a8d81b18a9_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"424\" alt=\"just swing\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>You know what I heard this week? I heard someone say they wouldn&#8217;t put their kid in hand-me-downs. Forrrreal. My brain does not compute. WHAT?! WHYYY? I just don&#8217;t get it. <\/p>\n<p>Hand-me-downs are the best! THE BEST! When my oldest was a baby\/toddler, we spent almost every weekend at various thrift stores. He would get a crap-ton of clothes at birthdays and Christmas (~6 months apart!), so we never splurged between. We looked for used items that fit <s>his<\/s> MY aesthetic. He didn&#8217;t give one single darn. <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m happy to report my toddler is the same way. I saved a lot of Nathan&#8217;s old clothes and now Andrew gets to love them. Some of the items have got be twice or thrice handed down. No problemo!<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yarnattacks\/6778590240\/\" title=\"A Month of Craft Photos: Day 23 by Lisa | goodknits, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7204\/6778590240_0641663b56_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"424\" alt=\"A Month of Craft Photos: Day 23\"><\/a><BR><BR><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yarnattacks\/6778588158\/\" title=\"06 by Lisa | goodknits, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7203\/6778588158_caf55f84a6_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"424\" alt=\"06\"><\/a><BR><BR><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yarnattacks\/6924706691\/\" title=\"little &amp; big by Lisa | goodknits, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7177\/6924706691_9e5a57d860_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" alt=\"little &amp; big\"><\/a><BR><BR><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yarnattacks\/6778586600\/\" title=\"08 by Lisa | goodknits, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7179\/6778586600_b5a2f30402_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"424\" alt=\"08\"><\/a><BR><BR><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yarnattacks\/6778586144\/\" title=\"swooony hair by Lisa | goodknits, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7053\/6778586144_a2c19b4fa5_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"424\" alt=\"swooony hair\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The little guy&#8217;s shirt &#038; pants were both handed down <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yarnattacks\/4202372392\/in\/photostream\" target=\"_blank\">from his brother<\/a>. The shirt was thrifted and has always been one of my favorites. His boots are from Marshall&#8217;s. We bought them a size too big and so they&#8217;ve lasted MONTHS (chunky socks in the winter) and have that sweet worn look, now. <\/p>\n<p>He is still adamant about not cutting his hair. I&#8217;m still holding back. I foresee a disaster if I try to force him.<\/p>\n<p>Visit Mama Loves Papa for more <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mamalovespapa.com\/2012\/02\/small-style-51.html\" target=\"_blank\">Small Style<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7047\/6778591750_a8d81b18a9_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"424\" alt=\"just swing\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>You know what I heard this week? I heard someone say they wouldn&#8217;t put their kid in hand-me-downs. Forrrreal. My brain does not compute. WHAT?! WHYYY? I just don&#8217;t get it. <\/p>\n<p>Hand-me-downs are the best! THE BEST! When my oldest was a baby\/toddler, we spent almost every weekend at various thrift stores. He would get a crap-ton of clothes at birthdays and Christmas (~6 months apart!), [Read More&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[27,236,139],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4227"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4227"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4234,"href":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4227\/revisions\/4234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}