Where have all the gender neutral clothes gone?

The first several months of Emerson's life, we had a good stock of gender neutral clothing. Plenty of yellows and greens, ducks and frogs.

But apparently at around 6 months, Gerber and Carter's decided for us that our little girl would need to be a princess, a war hero, or naked.

I guess they wouldn't even sell the yellows and greens in the younger sizes if there weren't still people waiting until the birth to know what the sex of the baby is.

Right now, she's has two sets of three pajamas. One set is blue - with a sports theme. One set is pink. It has a theme of princesses and fairy tales.

She is not to leave the house in the pink set. Or be photographed. It's not that I care whether people know she's a girl or not. It's just demeaning that the world thinks that a girl should strive to find Prince Charming and wear fine jewelry.

I want to find some clothes that have intelligent things on them. Like her ABC's, pi to several decimal places, and the Pythagorean theorem. But I'd probably have to pay extra for something like that.

Edit: I just found this site: Clever Cuties. It has some awesome stuff, but indeed it is much more expensive than the 3 pack of onesies from Target. I should probably throw a few bucks their way to encourage their presence in the market.

Let's get physical

I'm thinking about taking an introductory physics class at Tulsa Community College this fall over the Internet. I became more aware of my lack of knowledge on the subject while trying to understand in full detail how wind power works. I have taken a LOT of chemistry but somehow haven't taken a physical science class since the 8th grade.

I could do most of the reading and quizzes during lunch. An evening class is no good, as I already feel like I don't get enough time with Emerson.

I enjoyed taking the classes that I have taken from TCC and also OSU-Tulsa. At some point I'd like to take another stab at a Computer Science Masters Degree. But I don't want to miss things like softball games, dance recitals, choir concerts, Girl Scout meetings, and mud wrestling events (depending on Em's eventual interests).

Maybe I'm just feeling manic right now and this will sound like a horrible idea tomorrow. It WOULD be a good idea to get myself better prepared for questions of the "Why is the sky blue" ilk.

My daughter has a third name - it's way too f-ing long

How is a kid supposed to learn their 16 character last name when the place she spends 9 hours a day keeps shortening it to the last 8?

Maybe I can stitch something with her FULL name on it and we can go over it every day with her when she gets to be a bit older. I tried to come up with a catchy tune to fit the spelling of her name to but I have failed miserably. Maybe that can be one of big brother Scott's summer projects?

I'll right things with her daycare when she starts to show any comprehension of letters and words. For now, I don't want to go all fisticuffs on the people I'm entrusting my mute child to.