New "Stretchers"

Yesterday Eric and I got up early and went shopping at Walmart. Okay, let me rephrase, yesterday Eric got up really, really early and started to make all kinds of noise so I finally got up around 6:30 and decided to take Eric shopping in order to give daddy some sleep time. Out to Walmart we headed at around 7 in the morning because Eric needed a few things like bigger chonies, sock and shoes.

We looked around at all the shoes including Cars, Spiderman, Hulk, Firetrucks and other really cool shoes. Eric passed all of them up and kept saying he needed "stretchers" so he could run faster. I had no idea what "stretchers" were so I just kept picking different shoes to show him. You would think that by now I would be very used to getting indulgent "you're so cute mom" looks from my 4 year olds over the years but I think it is something you never get used to. Finally, I pick up a plain pair of shoes that are white, black and limce green on top and have some green jell like substance in th sole of the shoe followed by a black sole along with black, white and green shoelaces. No charactors of any kind on the shoes. No velcro.

Ah, Success!!! "Mommy, you found my stretchers! Now I can run faster and faster!". "Are you sure buddy? Are you sure you don't want Cars or Spiderman?" I ask. Then I think about what I am saying and realize that not only are these on sale for about 3 or 4 dollars less than the other shoes, they also have shoelaces so we can teach him how to tie. So, with a long suffuring sigh I give in and we get his "stretchers".

We come home and daddy is up (actually daddy was up before we left but we didn't tell Eric that because daddy had a lot of work to do) and Eric shoes him all of his new stuff. Then Eric wants to walk to Aunt Deana's house and show her the new shoes and his new Wall*E dinnerware set he just got. About this time Maura and Juliet show up because we are all supposed to go to Costco for the boofay. Juliet got a new dinnerware set too that has princesses all over them so she wants to show Aunt Deana too. We get there and Juliet and Eric start running all over the back yard. Eric want to show Aunt Deana and Uncle Scott how faster and faster he can go now.

After about 10 minutes it is time to come home. We are walking back home and Eric is telling Juliet that they need to run. So off they go. Eric is running faster because he has "stretchers" on. All of a sudden he biffs it right in front of the house! We have a little meltdown because there is actually blood on not only one knee, but on both knees! After he calms down a little he his pacified by the knowledge that his "stretchers" are very fast, even faster than he is apparently and that is why he fell. He is going to practice his running so he can run as fast as his "stretchers" do.

In case you haven't figured it out (it took me a while) his "stretchers" are supposed to be Sketchers shoes. Apparently one of the boys at daycare has Sketchers and has convinced Eric that he runs fast because of his Sketchers. Ah, the joy of advertising media on our youth. :~)

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