This picture was taken on Little Man's first day of school. Why of the shoes? Well, he has been asking for these AirMax shoes for a couple of years. He watches the style of men he loves...friend of the family (Michael A.), my brother, and one of Brian's former basketball players. 2 of the 3 own shoes very similar. Hence the obsession. We finally agreed when the grandparents agreed to chip in some money.
Needless to say, he was super proud to wear the shoes on the first day of school. He wanted a picture of just his shoes. My friends, this was foreSHOEdowing (foreshadowing) at its best.
Rewind just 15 minutes before this picture.
Little Man yells at me that he can't get his shoe on. So, I try to help and am having a hard time forcing his foot into the shoe. I check the other shoe size to be sure I got the right size and it was correct. I continue to work to squeeze his foot into his new kicks. We agree that they just needed to be broken in. He is getting frustrated because the shoes fit in the store and is worried that he wouldn't be able to wear them for the first day of school. Quickly, I tell him that he just needed to break the shoes in and he can wear the shoes without socks (gross, I know). When we picked him up from school, he complained that one foot had been hurting him all day long. Brian took both shoes off only to find that one was a size 1 and the other 12. Poor guy wore one shoe that was 2 sizes too small all day long because his mom couldn't figure the issue out and he so desperately wanted to sport his new kicks!
After being completely ticked with myself and the lady at Foot Locker, we finally began to laugh! Brian took the shoes back and issued an informal complaint.
Never a dull moment...to say the least!
