Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Footed leggings for kids...just what I was thinking!

Just the other day, after church, I was thinking that someone needs to invent baby leggings with feet.  They would be like thigh-high tights for kids.  Why?  Well for me, when I take Karina to church, she goes in the nursery.  I love it because it's one regular time of the week that we are separated, and she gets to play with other kids.  She loves it and I like the time away.  (Seriously, we're together 24/7)  I love to put her in pretty dresses for church, but I feel bad if the nursery staff have to change her diaper and she's in tights.  (If it's cold and she's in a dress, she needs tights, right?)  Tights are a royal pain in the wahooey.  If she's feeling squirmy, forget it.  But the leggings she actually helps me put on!  She thinks they're like pants, and we have no problem with those.  (Yes, let me brag a moment:  my one year old has been helping me dress her since she was about 3 months old.  She puts her arms in the sleeves, pulls them out to undress, and about a month or two ago started helping me put on her pants, even when standing.  Oh yeah, that's my girl!)  Anyway, I thought how great it would be to not do the leggings and socks, which just don't look as...dressy I guess you could say.  I thought, why not leggings with feet, so they would look like tights, but still not need to be removed to change diapers?  Well, I know nothing about knitting or making tights, so I looked on my new all time favorite place, Etsy, and do you know only ONE shop came up with actual footed leggings?  Yep.  Only one that I found.  It's called Jacquelynnies and her footy leggings ONLY COST $5.25!  And if you buy 5, you get free shipping.  I'm sorry, but this is a great deal.  A nameless name brand baby legging can cost $12!!!  That's just crazy to me.  Even with shipping costs, this is a deal.  She has patterned ones on her site today, and I emailed her through Etsy and asked about solids.  She has some.  If you need solids, email her through Etsy and she will let you know.  She was great.  Her name is Karen.
Here are a few of her patterned ones that are up on her site today (remember, this is Etsy, here today, could be gone tomorrow...or the next hour).

So, aren't they cute?  I love them!

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