Family tradition or tacky habit?

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On the dog park trail down to the Kaw River the other day, I saw this white heart.  Fungus? I think?

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Speaking of fungus, look at the cool shirts my pal, Sam, makes. My son is a mushroom hunter, he saw this pic on FB  and asked for one, so I got one for him too.  We will be hiking together in NC, I wonder what the odds are of getting a mamma/son photo in matching shirts?

Awwww, that brings back memories of my mom dressing her and me in hand made, matching dresses, along with my Barbie.  She sewed a shirt from the same fabric for my dad.  I’d sure love to have that photo!  I remember that vacation to Florida with them, stopping at an alligator farm, way back when there was roadside wrestling with reptiles.

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The tradition lived on when I had my own kids.  Sorta. I hand painted matching shirts for them, one of the favorites was ET.  We didn’t have much, the kids typically only wore hand me downs.  If I bought something new, it was on clearance at KMart.  So I’d look for plain, cheapo shirts and spiff ‘em up with paint.  

I used to do portraits of the kids with their favorite characters on some.  Like Ryan eating ice cream with Bert and Ernie.
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The grandfairies got matching dresses too. 

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Not only because they were adorable, but because it helped me find them in public places too.  Sugarwings was always drifting (or running) off and when I have a matching set of children, I can find them easier in a crowd.

And yes- ADORABLE!

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