Forget about Zappos and DSW. Friends, I have the solution for your footwear needs right here in my own home. Caroline has been busy, busy, busy with her favorite crafting material, the roll of aluminum foil. Last week she went whole hog on making spoons with bright red duct tape handles. This week it's all about the SHOES.
We have foil slippers. Foil boots. Foil elf shoes with pointy, curled-up toes. Foil "rocket shoes." Foil sandals adorned with sequins. Foil moccasins. No foil stilettos yet, but hang in there. They're surely just on back order.
So today we got back in the pool for the first time since The Accident. At first, Caroline demurred.
"You know what happened last time I got in a pool," she said darkly.
I immediately countered with, "Oh, but honey, we need to get back in the pool so that you don't feel afraid of pools. Just because something bad happened one time doesn't mean it's going to happen again. I will be RIGHT WITH YOU the entire time."By the time we got to the neighborhood pool, she was ready to slip into her suit with no further comment. I think it helped that we went with our neighbors, who could provide both moral support and distractions in the form of playmates for my older two children. This particular pool complex has a HUGE, shaded toddler pool with a maximum depth of two feet.
I suspect I was a bit of a helicopter parent, but Caroline jumped right in and proceeded to tear up that pool like she was a contestant on Wipeout. We had somersaults. We had torpedo dives. We had choppy attempts at the backstroke.
"This is what I call the tuna can opener!" she explained, executing a maneuver that resembled a crawl stroke with full body twist.
Hello, normalcy, my old friend.
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I would like to put in an order for some foiled heels with sequins--pink ones with the heel in red duck tape. Thank you.
Yay for Caroline enjoying the pool. And yay for mommy who was reacquainted with normalcy.
"Tuna Can Opener." That made me laugh out loud! What a character. And yes, I'd like a pair of foil flip-flop, please!
She's going to be independently wealthy by age 10, no doubt. :) And custom shoes are right up my alley since wides are hard to come by in the sassy, stylin' stuff!
And she's a brave, smart girl to take your words of wisdom and just get back in the pool....if she's an olympic swimmer someday, she'll look back on this as a turning poing. ;)
She's so creative w/ her tuna can opener and her foil shoes. Glad she was not afraid of the pool. :)
I'll put in an order for a pair. Can she make me a magic, sparkly pair that will give me an extra 6 inches without the burden of heels?
You're like Barbara Walters - always making me cry when I least expect it. Proud of you and proud of Caroline.
Yes, I too would like to place an order for some sequined foil flip flops please...are those in? Thank you. Wonderful happy news about the pool! She is sounds wise beyond her years and very creative...I agree with the comment that she will be independently wealthy by age 10:)!
As soon as I have some extra cash I definitely want some of those sparkly shoes - maybe a pair with the red duct tape! What an amazing wee one your are rearing.
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