Little Fashionista
1st day struggles
It was Lena's first day of kindergarten and Stuart was upstairs trying to get Lena ready. It proved to be quite a task.
"Alright you need to get dressed" he said once she brushed her teeth. He held up a shirt and pair of pants showing her. "This works?" he asked.
"Nothing about that works." she said and he laughed.
"Seriously? You are 5 who are you trying to impress?" he asked.
"It's my first day, dad, I have to look good" she said and he put his hands up in surrender. Before getting up and picking out another outfit.
"This work for you, fashionista?" he asked jokingly.
"No, that doesn't match" she argued.
"How does this not match black matches with everything" he argued back.
"Let me pick something out" she said. "You're hopeless"
"Gee thanks kid, pick something out then." he said.
"Pick me up, I can't reach the top drawer" she said and he laughed picking her up so she can look through the top drawer. After a while of looking through possible outfits, she finally picked out a cute blue dress. Once they got her dressed he thought finally she can just go downstairs and eat breakfast and get her off to school.
"Shoes" she said. 'So much for that' he thought.
"Why don't you just put your flip flops on?" he asked.
"Flip flops? That doesn't work with this dress at all. That's almost as bad as wearing sneakers" she said going over and looking through her shoes before finally settling on a pair of black flats.
"Oh you need a sweatshirt" he told her since the school is pretty cold from the AC being cranked up.
"A sweatshirt won't look good with this" she said.
"Well you need to wear something it's cold in the school" he told her and she sighed but picked out a white pullover.
"Let's go eat" he said and they went downstairs just in time for breakfast to be ready.
"Hey you look cute… dad picked that out?" Dana asked finding that hard to believe.
"I did" she said.
"Okay that makes more sense" she said and Stuart rolled his eyes.
"After breakfast will you do my hair?" Lena asked Dana.
"Yeah, you can't go with your hair like that" Dana said and Lena agreed and Stuart couldn't see a difference between her hair now and after her hair is brushed.
"You are dropping her off, right?" Stuart asked.
"No I can't I have that appointment" she said.
"Alright fine" he said and they finished eating before doing her hair and finally getting her off to school. He can't imagine doing this every morning but he's sure he's going to have to get used to it because he can't imagine her settling for looking anything less than perfect ever.
Fashion Help
When Lena was 8, Dana's younger sister, Celia, was getting married so the family was getting ready for the wedding. Dana was doing her makeup while Lena doing her hair. Stuart walked downstairs in a suit and tie and through the mirror Lena saw him and turned around.
"You are going to wear that suit?" she asked.
"What is wrong with it?" he asked her.
"The pattern on your tie doesn't match with your suit and your shirt doesn't match your suit" she said and Dana laughed.
"You agree with her?" he asked Dana.
"Yeah that outfit doesn't work… Lena could you pick something out for him?" she asked him.
"Wait you are going to have the 8 year old pick out my outfit?" he asked.
"The 8 year old better at fashion than you? Yes it's quicker this way" Dana said and Lena got up and went to pick out an outfit for him and he followed her.
"You are pretty good at this… maybe you should do something with it in the future" he said.
"Nope, I'm going to be a teacher but I'm going to look good doing it" Lena said and Stuart laughed.
"I have no doubt." he said and Lena finally picked out a suit and tie for him.
"There you go, get dressed we have to get going" she joked mocking her always-early fathers tone and he rolled his eyes.
"Hey that's my line." he said and she laughed. How he lived his life without Dana and Lena he won't be sure since now he needs help pick out an outfit. Now if only being married to the love of his life and having a great daughter didn't come with the cost of dealing with her crazy family, especially her dad, everything would be perfect.
Just an idea that came to me. I'm by no means good at fashion I could use someone picking my outfits out. Will try to post more, let me know if you have any ideas and what you think.