Alien: great outfit is not right

”keep in mind that the children must have clothes to suit the weather, is it always the last one in the veckobreven from the school. During the greater part of the year, it means that the major part of her wardrobe is hanging in the school cloakroom, as you must always be prepared for anything.

In my own childhood was the exclamation ”there is no bad weather – there is only bad clothing” but it has a provocative, passive-aggressive undertone that I am happy that the teacher has chosen.

is that it actually becomes more enjoyable if you have clothing suitable for the purpose. That there is a point with the ski pants that go up a bit in the back so you won't have to get into the snow when in the fall, and hiking boots are a pretty good deal when you should just walk. Compared with, for example, jeans and sandals.

My daughter, however, has learned this early in life and requires the proper outfit for playing sports. Because she does not like working out is the best trick to start with to let her feel that Sarah Sjöström/Zlatan/d'artagnan depending on which sports she is currently engaged in.

I rooted out a functional shirt and a täckväst that had seen better days and still felt pretty nifty

To let the activities become materialsporter so far has been affordable, fresh goggles and football socks have the household so long as the afford. But now she has started to ride. And then it is suddenly not just about socks, but about riding boots, helmets and säkerhetsvästar that you should not just have to see the right, but also to survive the day you fall off.

and I'm struggling with what is the front and rear of the saddle and what it is for the difference between the bridle, halter and reins. But I have learned my lesson and have taken to correct the dress code is handy when I'm going to help her daughter in the stables. So I rooted out a functional shirt and a täckväst that had seen better days and still felt pretty nifty. ”Clothes to suit the weather (and activity)” simply.

the Daughter was not impressed. Not that I looked dorky or outdated or wrong – no, she called me with the critical gaze only a nine year old can have and said skeptically ”you Should really have it out for you? The other mothers will think that you can anything.”

Read more texts by Elin ”Alien” Peters, for example, if an unexpected sibling from her childhood.