In which we say goodbye to the beloved duck boots
"Mom, I don’t want to wear the duck boots anymore because they have holes in them…"
And they did. Saddest day ever. He wore the boots almost every day and they were the subject of many "conversations with strangers." (One lady even took a picture!) But there comes a time in every young man’s life when he must bid his boots farewell.
(Enter funeral music)
Put them on one last time, buddy…
As it turned out, no one wanted to accompany me on the procession to the trash. Maybe it was too painful…
They’ve gotta go. (Yes I put gross pics of me on the internet)
Don’t look down.
R.I.P
Back to business as usual…
Until, I remember the lady bug boots…. They’ve been trashed since the inception of their hand-me-down-ness.
One more funny face on a not showered mommy.
R.I.P Ladybugs (Does this make anyone else think of Quasimodo clutching Esmerelda’s dead body in the grave?)
And as I showed the pics to Charming on the camera, Spider came to the realization: "You threw away MY boots?" (Best pic ever, totally not staged, I promise).
Oh, I feel your pain, sweetheart. But as you get older, you’ll see that tossing stuff is liberating.
hahahaha! those were great pics!
don’t worry. I post unshowered pics of myself as well. Mommy bloggers united and unwashed!
Comment by ashley — July 2, 2009 @ 1:15 am
LOVED IT! We had a similar time recently, only we had giraffe boots and frog boots to toss!
Comment by Kim Yamaguchi — July 2, 2009 @ 3:39 am
Sad. I don’t toss them, I plant flowers in them and hang them off the fence. Then again, I live in the country and can get away with stuff like this.
Comment by Suzanne — July 2, 2009 @ 7:49 pm
I was sad to see the boots are gone - can we buy more?
Comment by Stephanie\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s Mom — July 13, 2009 @ 7:30 pm
WHAT!!?? You did not have them bronzed? Planters would have been nice…
Comment by Grandma Carol — September 11, 2009 @ 2:31 am