I was patiently waiting while he fished through the endless selection of tubes, hose joints, elbows and whatever else is found in the plumbing aisle and realized I wasn't the only female doing that. Standing a few feet away was a daddy with his adorable little girl who looked to be about 3 years old. She too was tolerantly waiting with her 'man' as he browsed. Although she did find the plastic parts a bit more engaging than did I. When her daddy was through, he started out of the aisle and realizing that she was still entranced by the plethora of pipes he called out her name to follow him. That's when it happened...
With each little step she took there was a distinct SQUEAK! At first I thought perhaps she was carrying a toy, but nope, it was coming from her tiny shoes. They traveled all over the store in search of something, but as they did, no matter how far away she was we were enjoying her little symphony of squeak.
Realizing that I've been out of the 'toddler loop' for some time now perhaps everyone but me has already seen or at least heard of these but this was my first exposure to them. I determined that these were indeed made for daddies!
I'm certainly not intending to demean our menfolk, I mean after all, I wouldn't have a clue what to do with any of that stuff in the plumbing aisle and am so happy to be married to a man that does. But in my years of experience it seems more common than not that dads tend to lose track of little ones more easily and frequently than most moms do. Without a doubt these are the creation of either a worried mom or a dad that has gotten himself in trouble one too many times for losing track of Jr. Either way I say it was brilliant!
If you want to check them out for yourself, go here:
I would say one rule to these little shoes would be that they are
NEVER to be worn in the house.
I mean these things could drive one right over the squeakin edge!
P.S. After further exploration of the website I learned that the
'squeaker feature' can be removed. So in-house wear may be acceptable after all.
2 comments:
Oh, Debbie! I'm out of the "toddler loop" too! More than you are, I think! They are so cute and would have been so useful so many times in my life. Some woman was THINKING!!!
Hardware store wives will recieve extra blessings, you know!
Hey Debbie, that is funny that you are talking about squeaker shoes. Just so you know, Tasha bought these for Emma. And I LOVE them. Especially when Emma was learning to walk and when I was babysitting her at my house. You know how fast they disappear..... Well it really helped me with my grandparenting skills and helped to know where she went! Inside my house. And I never tired of hearing that little squeak! Having 2 grandbabies is even better than one :)
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