Poor Lauren.  She loves shoes.  No I mean LOVES shoes.  First thing in the morning we are greeted by, "HI!  Me Shoe?"  Perhaps that should be poor parents, we have a shoe fiend already.  As we were getting ready for our little trip away I wanted to make sure that all of Lauren's clothes were washed so we could take some of her stapes and favorite outfits with us plus some of the warm clothes she was wearing as the weather was not cooperating with our plans.

Apparently as I scooped up all the clothes from Lauren's change table I scooped up one of her two pink Mary Jane Crocs and I didn't notice as I put it into the washing machine.  Then later Nathan went up to put the clothes in the dryer and found the one pink Croc and didn't think much of it and tossed it in with the rest of the clothes in the dryer.  Later he asked me if I meant to wash her Crocs and I said no, and he said he found one and tossed it in the dryer so it would be dry.  WHAT?!  No!!  It'll shrink I say.  Nathan asks why it would shrink.  Ummm, Crocs are made out of a plasticy type material and plastic shrinks when it gets hot?  So up to the laundry he goes finds the one pink Croc and compares it to her unwashed pink Crocs.  Its very clean…and small.  About two sizes smaller than the unwashed one.  DOH!!  What to do!?

The good news is they were starting to get a little small and we had another new pair in the next size up (but not pink), so in the morning as we were getting ready to go and Lauren is frantically looking and asking for "Me Shoe" I tell her I have a big surprise for her, a brand new pair of shoes!!  She was so excited.  They are a little big, but so far not too many tripping accidents.  Well at least not that can be attributed directly to her shoes, more to the fact she wasn't watching where she was going and tripped over something.  The bad news is that she spotted her pink shoes and wanted to put them on.  Daddy had to explain that one was way too small now, she seemed to take it ok, as she was wearing her light green ones.  How happy is she going to be when I pull out the pink pair of Crocs Ballet Flats for her birthday!!

Yes we are a Crocs wearing family.  They are comfortable, and non restrictive, and grip well (maybe too well on the slides for Lauren), plus I have found some fantastic deals on the Crocs website.  I don't pay $40 for my own shoes and there is no way I am going to pay that much for a pair of children's shoes that may only last a few months.  $9.99 with 10-20% off and free shipping is much more reasonable!  Now the dilemma is…do we try and shrink the other one so they match?  Chances are Evan isn't going to be wearing them, I don't see him as a pink kind of guy, but what do you do with a pair of shoes in two different sizes?