Yesterday I took the kiddo's to get their new soccer equipment, This will be Anthony's third year playing soccer and he really loves it. He is fast, nimble and seems to have endless energy. His cleats and shin guards from last year were too small for him, and too big for Caitlin, how's that for luck. So, off we go. Alex is in tow and at the store is remanded to the custody of his stroller. He has a train in hand as is fine at first but then begins to ask to play soccer too. Try explaining to the almost 3 year old that he only has one more year to wait. C and AJ were getting really excited looking at cleats, I want those, I want those ( orange, purple, yellow ) they had it all. I wanted cheap. As in will be worn for about 3 months and never again cheap. The shoe guy pointed to a sign that said 14.99 - that was my sign! It took entirely too long getting both kids into cleats that fit their feet properly with guards and socks on, so I finally tell them to do a jog back and forth and something is not quite right... I bring them both back over and am checking fit, checking socks, Alex is STILL whining I wanna pway soccer... Finally I said to the shoe guy, I'm not sure if it's me but I think I have their sizes wrong for the cleats, somethings looking wrong. He said, oh that's because they are baseball cleats. JACK - I asked for cheap soccer cleats... Round 2 of picking out and trying on and picking out new shin guards and Caitlin HAS to have pink soccer socks to match her pick " check shoes" (nike brand). 2 pairs of the cheapest soccer cleats I could get on their feet. Clearance rack " pee wee" size shin guards for the Bug and not clearance rack but still cheapish shin guards for Anth, we pay I cringe because holy hell over $80 and we didn't even get a damn soccer ball...
Then the monsoon hits. Seriously, thunder, lightning, sheets of rain. I figure we will wait it out in the store, my Dad calls there is a tornado watch what am I doing? Trying to get 3 kids to the car in the deluge that just opened on us. ( Should have brought the ark, haha.) He said stay where we are, kids are begging to please go home Mommy, Mommy doesn't want to get wet guys, lets just wait a few more minutes. My Dad seconds that plan but all 3 kids veto with tears and fear and so I say ok, let's make a run for it. Cate and Anth grab a stroller handle and we will RUN. We got soaked to the skin. Alex cried because he is wet. Catie laughed and laughed. Anthony was pissed, just pissed. We get all buckled in and head home, and they were cracking up everytime we hit water and it made that big spray off the side of the car. Now that was funny.
Later on when the sun comes out, we head off to soccer clinic where Caitlin gets her first chance ever to play soccer and is wearing her new cleats and the storm clouds from hell roll over and we repeated getting soaked to the skin and running to the car. This time Anthony cried because he didn't get to play soccer yet, Caitlin beamed because the 2 drills she did were the icing on her cake. Poor Alex was just pissed!
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