Monday, July 14, 2008

Life Isn't Fair

I took the kids to Academy this morning to buy shin guards for Joshua and Rebecca. They're going to soccer camp next week. Neither one of them has ever played soccer before, so it should be interesting :-).

We found black shin guards with a build-in sock for Joshua, no problem. They also came in pink, so I tried the smallest size on Rebecca. You all know she is my petite girl, and it's hard to fit her for almost everything. Sure enough, the shin guard fit fine, but the sock part was just too big, even though the package was labeled "size small." There was no way to make them work. Bless her heart, she wanted them so badly. I even took her down to the kids shoes and had her try on a part of tennis shoes with the shin guards so I could point out the extra 2 inches of sock sticking out over the back of the shoes. Maybe I am just picky, but I can't let the child go to soccer camp with socks that are noticeably too big. We ended up buying a pair of regular pink shin guards and I bought socks to go with them. As you can imagine, that did not go over very well.

So Rebecca pitched a fit in the store, and continued to throw a tantrum all the way home. She is currently in her room, STILL crying, ("It's not fair, I want the other pink ones!") and this all started at least an hour ago.
Did I mention I love being a mom? And I love my daughter, I really do. It takes talent to throw a tantrum for over an hour, right?

I said some prayers and let Jesus drive today. 'Cause if it had been up to me, I would have left the child on the side of the road.

2 comments:

  1. Kimberly..for the next time..buy the shin guards and the pink soccer socks that can go over the guards...You can get them ( the pink) at soccer for all..Emily has every color sock there is..and prefers the shin guards to the sock guard..just and fyi from a soccer mom.. :)

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  2. Susan,
    I did look for pink soccer socks, but they didn't have any. I would have gone to Soccer for All, but we had a gift card to Academy, and there was enough on the card to get everything. So I was trying to save $$$. But if she does play this fall, I'll definitely go the route you suggested. Thanks for the tip!

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