See my vest, see my vest, made of real gorilla chest.....

I just had to do a whole post dedicated in its entirety to THE VEST. We were shopping at the DI a week or so ago and E saw this from afar and shouted "Mommy, you have to go over there!" It was love at first sight. I told him it was too small as he promptly whipped it off the hanger and started wrestling his right arm into it, but he couldn't hear me, he was in another place.

That place was apparently somewhere where he envisioned himself wearing said vest 24-7 with anything and everything. Pajamas, basketball shorts, church clothes, swimsuit, clone wars undies, nothing, you get the picture. The DH could not refuse the purchase, and at the register it was even unexpectedly 1/2 off the $4 touted on the price tag.

He is proud to wear his vest, and protests loudly when forced to wear a shirt underneath, as he feels it should count as a top unto itself. He even creatively requested a tank-top undershirt under it this morning. He wasn't happy when I told him that didn't count either.

One night (he was wearing the vest of course) while hiking in a cemetery with my parents and brother (I know.?) it started to rain violently and his vest got soaking wet. After that near-fatal incident and subsequent drying period he is now very protective of it and even took it off today at the farmers market when it was getting a bit wet.

This vest is niiiiiiiiiiiiiicccccceeee! (while rubbing it up and down repeatedly)


And the backside


He says that when it gets too little for him (ha) he is going to give it to M. The funny part is that actually makes sense, since M tried it on and it was a whole lot easier to snap up.