Ties

Like most parents, we want our kids to look nice at church. A long time ago we got Morgan a couple of clip-on ties, but he has since succeeded in breaking both of them. Leslie managed to fix one, but he refuses to wear it. I think the clip is uncomfortable for him. Anyway, in an attempt to get him to wear a tie to church last week, I suggested that he wear a bowtie that I have. I have two, so Morgan could wear the pre-tied adjustable one (we can actually make it fit him) and I could wear the one that I have to tie myself. I thought that the prospect of looking like Dad would help him give in to the idea. I even let him borrow one of my belts (it goes around his waist twice, and I don't have that big of a waist). Well, he wasn't happy enough with that - he wanted to wear one of my normal ties (a blue one from the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake). I didn't really know how that would work out, but I finally told him he could wear my blue tie the next Sunday if he wore the bowtie that Sunday. That worked. He looked pretty good, as you can see for yourself.

Well, today Morgan remembered my promise that he could wear my blue tie (we had hung it up with his white shirt last Sunday). I was trying to figure out how to make this work without having him trip all over the tie and without having a knot that was bigger than his neck! This is what I came up with:


I don't think anyone at church even figured out that it wasn't a little boy's tie. Now, here is the secret behind it (Behold Super-Morgan):


I tied the tie with the small end as if it were the big end, and then stuffed the big end inside Morgan's shirt (it went almost all the way around his body inside his shirt). You can see what it looks like when it's not tucked in:


I made Morgan wear an undershirt so my tie wouldn't get too sticky/sweaty. However, he still had a problem when it came time to go to the bathroom. Part of the trouble was with the tie and part with the belt. Anyway, by the end of it my tie was wet. I'm not sure exactly what happened, but I didn't ask. At least he looked nice at church. Next time we go to the University Mall, we'll definitely be stopping at the Tie One On store to pick up some real ties his size!