Saturday, September 6, 2008

Oops!

While reading Another Parenting Blunder... this week I realized that we have never gotten Anthony sized for shoes. He's been wearing the same size and same shoes since we got him. After going to his two year wellness check up Thursday night and seeing how much he's grown in six months we thought it was about time to get him officially sized.  Last night we traveled to the Albertville Outlet Mall and found out that his size 5 1/2 shoes are clearly too small for him. His feet are a 7 1/2 wide.  
Poor kid - awful parents!
His piggies were probably dying to get out of those constricting shoes and get some breathing room everyday.
So we found a few pairs that were his size and we tried them on.  (They looked so big!  And his old shoes looked so painfully small!)  Ever pair that were tried on had the same result - OWIE! Anthony even took a pair of new shoes and threw them as to make his point even more clear for his parents.  He really wasn't liking any of them for whatever reason.
So off to Target we went.  
We found a pair and tried them on.  
No OWIE and no complaints.  
He got down and started running around with the new shoes.
SOLD!
Thank you Feierabend Family for your own parenting blunder to help us realize our own oops moment.  
I guess you just continue to learn as you go.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I've been guilty of both ends of the spectrum - too small and too big. Our current issue is with the latter. One of Rylee's pairs of shoes are so big her heel lifts out when she takes a step. Not wanting to have to wait to wear them, she says, "its ok, Mom! I like them like flip flops!" Good grief!

~Mara

LJFEIER said...

Well, I'm glad we could help you, too. At a wedding last night Luke's cousin overheard me talking about the posting and said she needs to get her son in, too, for too small shoes. At least we're not alone!