Yesterday’s snowfall created
a run on winter tire dealers and garages yesterday.
A lot of vehicle owners were
caught unprepared for the first taste of winter. I hope this wet, slushy mess
is not a harbinger of the mild winter temperatures that Environment Canada is
predicting.
The rubber that caught me by surprise
last evening was a little more pedestrian. Liam, my middle guy has no Winter
boots! Poor neglected child. His first
comment to me yesterday evening was Dad, I need new boots. My reply, surely
Aidan’s got a pair from last Winter that you can wear. “umm, Dad, Aidan does
not wear size nine”.
Size frigging men’s nine! I wear
a nine and half or a ten! My ten year old defensemen’s feet are nearly as big
as mine! It was a sobering realization. Aidan, my thirteen year old wears a
size seven.
No hand me downs, which means
no breaks on the cost of winter footwear or coats. Kristine was quick to point
how much more expensive men’s footwear is as she scanned the footwear stores
on-line.
Geez, when are we going to
catch a break on this stuff? He will
soon be as tall as I am. Did I mention that all three eats
more than anything I've ever had the pleasure of knowing!
In a blink of
an eye, my boys are growing up way too fast!
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