The New "It" Fashion Accessory

In case you didn't get the memo...

Wearing a bib around your neck all day is the newest hip thing to do.

LJ likes to rummage through his diaper bag (which we should call his diversion bag - we rarely change his diaper when out, but this bag holds all the toys and books that we hope will divert his attention while in church or at a restaurant). To be truthful, he now likes to throw the diaper bag off the side chair, thus clearing this chair. Then he climbs up onto this chair and sits there acting as though he has no other plans. Sooner or later, the wheels start turning in his head, he starts to look like someone looks when an idea pops into their head, then he quickly stands, leans onto the side table next to the side chair, whips the lid off of the glass dish that holds the Almond M&Ms and shoves as many M&Ms in his mouth as he possibly can. I've secretly watched him do this. Lucky for me, there are enough distinguishable noises associated with this operation that I can usually get there before he gets the lid off the M&M dish. It is pretty funny to watch a child look at you as you enter the room and move so quickly to shove as many pieces of candy in his mouth as he possible can.

Ok, back to Bib as Fashion Accessory. In rummaging through his diaper bag, he's found his travel bib. He now demands to wear this bib all day. He picks it up and tries to put it around his neck, but he can't fasten it, so it won't stay. This causes him to say "uh-oh" and to continue saying "uh-oh" until you fasten it around his neck. So...he does wear this bib around the house all day. When it is time to eat, he takes the bib that we keep on the high chair and wants that to be around his neck in addition to fashion-accessory bib. This is really pretty funny. He insisted on wearing fashion-accessory bib while on our walk yesterday. So, I'm walking the neighborhood, pushing a stroller which contains a child wearing his bib. Now, when I see parents with kids wearing strange clothes, I'll think differently as to why that may be. RJ said that LJ wanted to wear his bib to story time yesterday, but RJ said, "you can either wear your bib or go in the truck". LJ chose the truck - he has his priorities. He also chose going outside over wearing his bib, so I'm just going to have to make the bib an indoor fashion-accessory.