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Last Updated: Nov 14, 2008 - 12:49:26 PM |
The current issue in the house of Lashley is no longer being scared of bugs. It is being extremely sensitive to what we put on our feet. Yes, socks and shoes have become a battle that we face every morning. This has coincided with my favorite time of the year, fall. I love the changing leaves, the holidays, and most especially the perfectly cool, non-humid weather, thus the change in our shoes. We can no longer wear the Elmo sandals that have begun to unravel and stink to high heaven. We must now wear socks and tennis shoes to keep our perfect little toes nice and cozy in the cool air.
I thought I was being an economic genius at the beginning of the summer when I purchased a pair of Lightning McQueen tennis shoes in an expected fall size for the wonderfully low price of $3.48. I love a great deal, especially in these trying times.
So, the cooler weather starts billowing into town and out come the new tennis shoes. Then to my horror, a much more dreaded kind of wind blows through our house, that of a mad and ticked off two-year-old. Yes folks, the tantrum was back, and I was not happy.
My darling little son would absolutely not wear anything but Elmo’s stinky sandals. I had no other choice: Elmo had to go. He is now swimming with the fishes (not really, we don’t litter in our house).
So, next morning, I break out the Lightning shoes and tell darling that Elmo has left the building and that he has to wear these new $3.48 shoes, please! Nope, not happening. He agrees to wear the tennis shoes from last year, which no longer fit. Hey, at this point we just need to get going, so as any good mother would do, I told him “Fine, wear them and let your feet hurt all day.”
Well, as we all know, children really can’t wear shoes that hurt their feet. I mean, who wants a bunion at the age of two? So, I prayed and prayed as I went to Target on my lunch break that they would have to the same tennis shoes from last year, just in a bigger size.
Of course they did not have the size – big shocker there. I went out on a limb and bought navy shoes similar to those of last year. Well, I am happy to say that after much discussion about these new shoes being “big boy” shoes and the wonderful fact that they are New York Giants blue (we are New York fans) he is now wearing his “big boy Giants shoes.”
It is so cute when he calls them that! Gone is the battle in the morning, and now he is ready to start the day in his new big boy shoes!
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