New Clothes for C

C came home from school about 2 weeks ago - before the holiday - and I noticed something strange when she leaned over to help her little sister. It looked like she had her bathing suit on under her school uniform. Then the light went off above my head...

"C," I said, innoncently, "do you have your bathing suit on under your uniform?"
C blushes. "Yes, Mom."
"Did you do that because you want a bra?" I ask quietly.
C blushes even more and nods.
"Ok. We'll go find some soon."

Turns out all the other 3rd grade girls are getting what we called "training bras". Flat triangles of stretchy cotton with straps and hooks. We got a few that weekend, and she's happy. Daddy's not so happy, but at least he understands the importance of fitting in at that age (within reason, of course!!)