When Mom Takes A Day Off, She Gets Shinguards. (Huh!?)

When other moms take the day off, they go shopping for themselves, treat themselves to a spa day, relax, eat out. Y’know, stuff like that.

Me?

I got myself and the kids dressed, and took my toddlers shinguard shopping. Because it’s sexy and I’m a huge soccer dork who really wanted to get her daughter pink ones, m’kay?

(Just smile and wave, it’s okay, I’m only a little weird.)

My daughter needed some new cold-weather shoes, anyway, since her sneakers from last season are literally two sizes too small. But the pink shinguards? I couldn’t back down on. She really, REALLY wanted ’em. It doesn’t even matter to her that soccer is over, now, what matters is that she saw a little girl playing soccer with a pink pair a few weeks back, and she wanted a pair, too.

Now I’m not a mother who generally does something like that, purchases something because my child wants something some other kid has. I’m very much a person who wants her children to not be those “Keeping Up with the Joneses” types. But honestly, I didn’t even know they MADE pink shinguards, and so, this girly-lovin’ mother geeked out all over ’em, too. I couldn’t NOT oblige her.

Not to mention, she’s had hand-me-down everything as far as soccer goes, thus far, so I don’t mind spending ten bucks on something little and new and silly like this, and making it really special.

Unfortunately, her pink desires barely stopped there. Once we got there, she really wanted pink E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G. Pink socks. Pink cleats. Pink soccer ball. “But baby, you don’t know what color you’re going to be next season, pink socks and cleats might not match!”

“Yes they will! Pink matches everything!”

{Toddler logic FTW!}

But I was able to thwart her pink-will successfully. And now that she’s got these beautiful pink shinguards, I don’t think we’re going to have any trouble. She lovesthemomgsomuch and I have to admit, I love that she loves them, because I love them, too.

You know, as a parent, there are so many “no’s” you will dish out to your kids in their lifetimes. Choosing your battles wisely is key. And while an all-pink makeover wasn’t necessary or needed, a ten dollar minuscule splurge? That I can handle. And I’m thrilled that I did.