New shews

I got the boy some new shoes.

Hmmm. They seem to be out-of-focus shoes. I hadn't noticed that before. No matter.

'Twas Tuesday he came to me complaining about his shoes. Once he decides he needs something like that, he thinks he needs it immediately. He nagged me about it all afternoon.

"Mom, will you take me out to get some new shoes?"

Not right now. Maybe Dad can take you when he gets home from work.

"Mom, I really need new shoes!"

I know. You will get new shoes. But not now, and maybe not today.

Then I asked him to wash the outside of the windows along the front of the house.

"If I do, will you take me to get some shoes?"

Not necessarily. Go wash the windows. Argh!

I went out with him to help with the rinse, and to take pictures of the old shoes. Diva joined us and had a lovely time scrubbing the shutters.

There are no pictures of Diva enjoying herself with the soap because I'd put the camera inside so it wouldn't get wet. Twitch did the windows, Diva did the shutters, and I rinsed.

I really hoped that Superman would take Twitch out to get shoes. I do not like shoe shopping! I'd rather take him than Diva, though. That girl loves to shop for shoes. She'll try on every pair she can get her feet into just for the fun of it. I do not see the allure. Drives me nuts.

But when Superman got home he felt icky, like he was coming down with a cold. We did something for dinner, I can't remember what. Diva and Sproing were getting ready for bed, and Superman was sprawled out on the bed looking tired and sick.
There was nothing left but to do it myself. Dear me. So Twitch and I headed out to the shoe store. By the time we left the house it was after 8:30. Of course the shoe store closes at 9:00. We entered the store at 9:50. *

We tried to be quick. The boy has a large wide foot with practically no arch, so it isn't so easy to find a shoe that fits. He wanted a shoe in a dark color, not white. As you can tell by the picture he had to settle for white. I told him we could come back after school Wednesday and look some more, or go to another store Wednesday afternoon. But no. He had decided he needed shoes that day. So he settled for white. Whatever. No skin off my nose.

Here he is Captain Morgan-ing it up for the camera in his nice new shoes. I had the clerk at the shoe store throw the other ones away. Good riddance

And here's a picture Twitch took of himself. Doesn't he have gorgeous soft brown eyes? And a big nose? (bad camera angle there)

*I know those clerks weren't happy. Sorry. I don't like to do that.