The bottom line was that the three boys had chosen the same dark blue color crocs. I was continually getting the sizes mixed up so I ordered expensive Jibbitz to identify each pair.
Here are the three pair of dark blue crocs with the Jibbitz today:
Why aren’t they all dark blue?
Where are all those Jibbitz?
What is going on?
By the time the Jibbitz arrived Rhett had lost his dark blue crocs. Total loss. Searched the house high and low lost. Searched the car high and low lost. Lost. Lost. Lost.
So I grabbed elephant’s shoes…
…and crushed the poor toddler’s feet into them. He was going to wear them until we found the dark blue crocs. Foot pain and stunting of growth are secondary to purchasing ANOTHER pair when a perfectly good pair is lost. Lost. Lost.
No dark blue crocs showed up.
So he stumbled around in his ill-fitting elephant shoes right into sidewalk caulk. Sidewalk caulk?
Yes, sidewalk caulk.
Only it took me an hour and sixteen napkins stuck to various points of his bare feet to figure out what the heck he had stepped into. It smelled like paint. It was sticky. It was everywhere. I stripped him of his ill-fitting elephant shoes and he walked out of the restaurant we were in with a bunch of small pieces of napkins adhered to his little feet by sidewalk caulk.
When we got home I set the shoes aside to dry. I would deal with them later.
Only sidewalk caulk doesn’t dry.
Ever.
No dark blue crocs showed up.
The child was shoeless except for a pair of dress shoes.
So I purchased the orange crocs hoping that they would be easier to spot when attempting escape. I consider it a kind of orange jumpsuit for little boy’s shoes.
So where are the Jibbitz? Rhett refuses to wear them. Full refusal. Throw tantrum if they come within a 10 foot radius refusal. Never mind…pick battles carefully. Pick battles carefuly. Pick battles carefully.
Look a little closer at the ONLY dark blue pair of crocs I have left…
…hmmmm. Those aren’t the same size. Calling them a pair is generous. Which is why Reid’s last year crocs that he still fits into are also pictured.
Please note that the larger size dark blue croc sports a Megatron Jibbitz while the smaller dark blue croc is decorated with an Autobot badge Jibbitz. This is all wrong on so many levels.
Holly’s shoe management system for boys (H.S.M.S.F.B.) is officially a failure. This has been the post-mortem.
Please learn from my mistakes and avoid a shoeless elephant…
I think I’m too old to understand Crocs.
Oh my…the demise of your wonderful system was swift and complete, wasn’t it?!!? So sorry!! That tiny thread of sanity? Well, I hope you’re able to cling to it *G*
This post made me laugh, but I am sorry for your failure. Let’s face it failing sucks!!!
OMG this post made me laugh so hard I cried. This is SO my life! Why did I buy them both the identical pairs of crocs???
When Hailey’s crocs don’t fit I just break off the back strap.
Instant extra inch.
Thanks for the giggle holly.. I wonder where the crocs go? My purple pair of crocs just vanished pffft into thin air..
I wonder if all crocs vanish? Or if it is just the blue and the purple ones mmmmm very mysterious…
cheers kim
Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time…
So are jibbitz crocs bling?
Not long ago my son accidentally kicked one of his shoes down a storm drain. It was gone, there was no retrieving it. So, he is wearing too small imitation crocs. I tried to replace them, but the “crocs” at Payless are a different style now that are tough to get my son’s feet into. Tell me, why are companies constantly trying to fix things that aren’t broken, why Holly why? Because we both know that if I buy him the real crocs he will kick one down a drain or worse. Yours is not the only shoe management system that is failing. 🙂
I always love starting my day here…I needed a good laugh!
first of all… i’m first! second… i’m at the top of your blogroll (for the moment).
and third? oh, this story is such a croc ….
(sorry, it was too obvious and i couldn’t help myself. must have been the heady experience of seeing me on your sidebar)