Kicking it Old School
My cousin is having her second baby in the summer. She already gave all the first round of baby clothes away because she didn’t think she could have a second. So, in other words, she needs a few things for the new baby. For the first round, everyone decided to buy the baby frilly, impractical clothes. The kid had a whole closet of party and holiday dresses that you wouldn’t want a kid burping in.
Since the happy parents are well read, intellectual types with classical painting replicas all over the living room, I thought it was only fitting to give them baby clothing that reflected one of the greats of American Lit. In other words, I am going to present them with hip baby clothes featuring the characters of Great Expectations, or maybe a onesie with a picture of Mr. Darcy from Pride and Prejudice. Well, it seems to me that if I wanted my kid to wear a Philip Pirrup bib, I would have to invent it myself because no one in their right mind would make something like that.
Of course, i turn to far more classic literature, such as the immortal One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish Blue Fish. Of course, my favorite literary character happens to be Sam I Am. I am pleased that now I can annoy my cousins by making sure I buy their children such splendiferous couture. Of course, if you read this blog enough, you know that I am the most likely to buy a kid a baby sized fedora, but Dr. Seuss transcends cool so much that a hat is not needed.
I am so incredibly jealous. There were no Dr. Seuss baby clothes back in my day. My cousins and I had to settle for the masculine blue puppy, the feminine pink teddy bear, or the unisex yellow ducky. No wonder why I have problems in my adult life!
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I love that shirt, and wish that they had made them 15 years ago when I had kids young enough for that sort of thing! Like you, I’m very fond of Sam I Am (and was as a child – the ABC book is good too). And of course of the Cat in the Hat. In fact I have been working on a Sam I Am parody to go with an ad on Kitchen Retro (still am working on it!)
I can’t wait to read your parody. I will be checking back to watch for it.
I was a Seuss fan myself. In fact, I think I did a college paper at some point on him. I think why kids are attracted is that there is a certain sense of chaos that goes on in his books, and they just learn by accident.