The Obsession May 31, 2008
Posted by Emily in : Family, My Handsome Husband, Princess Hannah , trackbackHannah has an obsession with shoes. I can say it is an obsession because shoes have been the most important thing in her life for about nine months. People, that is like a 1/3 of her lifetime. Her cousin (who is two months older) has some flip flops, and of course, HANNAH LOVES THEM. Yesterday, the two of them had a toddler “sharing moment” where they just about pulled each others hair out to take possession of the one pair of shoes. Hannah was not happy to hear they didn’t belong to her, and of course, she had a meltdown.
Buying Hannah a pair of flip flops has been my number one priority since yesterday afternoon. It is amazing how picky my kid is about which shoes she likes, and which ones she will wear. I was tempted to ask my brother if I could buy the worn out flip flops that belong to her cousin, because she wants THOSE EXACT ONES. NOT NEW ONES. NO, THAT JUST ISN’T WHAT SHE WANTS. After Hannah went to bed, David and I set off on a mission to buy her some flip flops. ANYWHERE. After no success at a few stores, we ended up in Target and we found her a pair. I was so excited for her to see them, I wanted to wake her up and show her the new shoes when we got home.
When Hannah woke up this morning, I went into her room and told her I had a “present” for her.
“Present?” (because everything she says ends in a question)
“Yes, Honey. Daddy and I bought you a present.”
“See it?”
We sat her on our bed (and really, it kind of felt like Christmas morning) and handed her the bag to open. She exclaimed “shoes!” and “flip flops” again and again. We all waited for that happy moment when she would slide her foot into the shoe and all of our lives would be utter and complete utopia, for that one second.
TOO BAD HER FOOT WAS TOO FAT.
It was like an ugly step sister trying to fit into Cinderella’s tiny glass sipper, and really WE WERE ALL SO SAD. Taking the shoes away from Hannah was even more of a nightmare than the toddler spat she had with her cousin. How could we betray her? How could we give her something and then just TAKE IT AWAY? Because we are MEAN, MEAN, PARENTS, who desperately wished Target opened at dark thirty in the morning so we could exchange them.
We did make it over to Target this morning, and Hannah was in heaven trying on EVERY LAST PAIR OF SHOES ON THE RACK. We found her a suitable pair, but she was sort of disappointed that we didn’t buy her every pair she liked.
We ended up buying some stuff for our little guy, and the entire time we shopped, David said, “This is stressing me out.” Apparently, shopping for little clothes in the color of blue is very overwhelming. I mean ALL THE CHOICES OF BOY CLOTHING out there is just amazing. Only a man would think there were TONS of items to choose from at the store for little boys. Ask any woman, and I mean any woman, and she will agree with me that there is NO SELECTION for boys compared to the selection of girl stuff. In fact, every time I go to the store to buy stuff for this little guy, I CAN’T HELP BUT BUY SOMETHING FOR HANNAH.
I know why parents don’t take their kids to the store. BECAUSE YOUR KID WILL TALK YOU INTO BUYING THE ENTIRE STORE. Somehow, an exchange for $6.99 flip flops turned into $75.00 sale. As the items were rung up, I looked very closely at what we were buying. The only thing for David and me were two candy bars. Is this what people mean when they say, “Don’t let yourself go to pot when you have kids,” or “You are really going to have to make an effort to do things, and buy things for yourself after you have kids.”
Yeah, I think we demonstrated these points LOUD AND CLEAR today.
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So true about the boy v. girl selection. Anytime I walk into a children’s clothing store, I just stare in awe & my eyes sparkle as I look at all the pink & purple on the left side of the store. Then, I return to reality and walk slowly to the right side (with a small tear running down my cheek)…where all you find are a bunch of T-shirts with superheroes on them. ALL I WANT TO DO IS BUY A SUNDRESS!!! IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK?
I totally thought about you when I wrote about “the very under-whelming selection for boys!” I’m sorry! I have NO ROOM TO COMPLAIN, you have never been able to bring home a cute pair of girly pants, or shoes for your boys! At least I still get my “fix” when buying for Hannah.
Yeah, boy stuff is scarce compared to girl stuff…and sadly, none of it is nearly as cute!