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…
Man – I’d tell those kids if they lose their shoes again they will be wearing sidewalk caulk on their feet for the entire summer . . . and then I’d make sure to emphasize the fact that asphalt is very hot in the summer.
I kid! (Sort of)
I own 3 pairs of Crocs. My two youngest have one pair each. I have the holey one and the non-holey ones. I have jibbets in coffee motif!
I love my Crocs!
Now watch you buy all new Crocs and those AWOL blue ones Show up!
I don’t own a pair of Crocs. Never have. Will you still be my friend? 😉
I keep meaning to tell you…I picked up an airplane jibbitz on the ground at Corner Bakery last week! I think it belongs to you…
Sorry, no extra crocs though 😉
Gotta tell you…I don’t know how you do it. I have a hard enough time keeping track of one boy’s shoes and one girl’s shoes:O
Oh sweet Lord. So…mentioning that you can recycle Crocs is kinda pointless then, huh?
Anti-Jibbitz? Wait til school starts and he sees all his friends with them, then you’ll go broke. Just sayin’.
I love your crocs but must advise you against your stock purchase. The company is here and is very pourly run. They just got bought out – then lost sooooo much money it’s not very funny. Sigh.
Let’s just hope they stay in business long enough for the boys to grow out of them! 🙂
The story isn’t complete until the lost lost lost blue Crocs show up one size later than youngest child (and they WILL).
Oh my! The Crocs people LOVE you, don’t they?
Hated the look of crocs,had to change my mind thanks to Kalynne. Have to admit the three year old loves them. He picked out Camoflage, of course! I love that he can put them on himself! The girls got pink, but different styles. Tilly’s are cute enough for church! Sorry the system failed…
Blessings, E