Proud Achievement #1269:
Finding my way to Will Strong Development Building in Jordan for Rockstar’s new school uniform.
Been putting it off for weeks due to opinion the uniform is really fugly. Showed Rockstar a picture. He thought so too. So then I had to pretend it was not.
Can anyone believe I found this place? With no map and my dubious Cantonese!
(And the help of friendly neighborhood 7-11 cashiers)
Standard issue sun hat, cargoes, polo shirts; also (not in picture) backpack, book bag, cotton shirts, winter woolen pants. The local staff at Aston Wilson Ltd were very helpful – didn’t let me over-buy, even engaged in a discussion about how much each garment was likely to shrink if I used a dryer.
Best advice: pack an extra shirt into Rockstar’s back pack each day because if he spills something on his shirt, his teacher will root around in his bag for a fresh change. I bought the polo shirts for that purpose (less wrinkling) while planning to dress him in the new checked cotton shirts (ironing required) each day.
View exiting the building
Left the shop after buying:
2 checked cotton summer shirts (newly released style! The staff showed me at last minute – really not fugly after all!)
1 short-sleeved polo shirt
2 long-sleeved polo shirts
2 pairs of cargo shorts
2 pairs of winter woolen pants
1 sun hat (SO happy it wasn’t the legionnaire hat like the website threatened)
1 cardigan
1 rain coat
1 book bag
1 back pack (fortunately I didn’t buy that Lightning McQueen bag at Dymocks – how would I ever have switched Rockstar to the standard-issue ESF one thereafter?)
Everything emblazoned with the ESF logo. Talk about school pride – GlaMum felt 10 feet tall on her first school kit run. Don’t think the super-duper private school mums could possibly feel taller.
Bye-bye, Jordan. I will think happy thoughts when I think of you.
Proud Achievement #1270:
Sell Rockstar on new school kit. (WOW! We just know it’s going to be a great school year at the new Big Boy School. We get a……. backpack! And a…… hat! And All This Other Neat Stuff! Betcha can’t wait to try it all out at the new school!)
GlaMum has to do this. Rockstar loves his current school with George and Audreee. But they only go up to 3 yrs and then he would have had to move anyway.
He’s wearing his hat and backpack and testing out his new book bag in his pajamas.
I think he likey.
Am I just horribly easy to impress or what? This rain cape is brilliant! It has flaps to expand it over his backpack and everything… just… fits!
When we have our school kit, we feel creative! We can do Rice paintings!
The hat wants to come along for a walk.
He takes his hat off each time he passes under something…
Piece of Wellcome tuna bun.
