Thursday, September 8, 2011
These Shoes Were Made For Walking
Thank you to Crocs for sponsoring this blog post. Please click here to learn more about Crocs’ new Back to School line. I was selected for this sponsorship by the Clever Girls Collective. All opinions expressed here are my own.
All summer I have been asked 'is it September yet?'. And not just by the Mommy's in my morning playgroups as we sipped chardonnay out of our travel mugs either. Bug, my sweet-little-three-almost-four-year-old-about-to-start-school-for-the-first-time daughter, has been asking too.
This was as much my moment to shine as it was Bug's. Proud Mom, taking eldest daughter out shopping to buy school clothes, her very first backpack, new shoes. Spending time, just the two of us, talking about the upcoming year and what school would be like. What more could I ask for? Turns out, plenty.
Trying to keep new school items for use when school actually starts is like asking Santa to keep the whole Christmas thing on the down low. It can't be done.
It's not that I don't want Bug to enjoy her new things. It's just that I know what will happen to these items when she brings them home. Bug and her two year old brother will make use out of whatever it is, having fun, shiny, happy times for about five minutes. I will then spend the next two weeks trying to relocate said item. I will then eventually give up and repurchase the necessary item, at which point I will find the original item in a conspicuous location such as the diaper genie. I'm really just trying to avoid all of that.
This realization, the one where Bug has figured out that she does not get her new stuff right away, changes everything. Shopping for school items now becomes a whiny, persistent 'can I have it now?', arm crossing, frowning, crying spectacle in the store. Oh, the fun we had.
So. Back to school shopping. Necessary? Yes. Fun? Not always. All I hoped and dreamed it would be? No. Still dreading those first steps away from me? Nah. And depending on the day, I may ask her to pick up her pace.
And now Bug can do her walking with Crocs' Back to School line. These 13 new styles for K-8 boys and girls provide all of the comfort of crocs AND are school approved (closed heel and toe), which means no trips down to the principal's office.
You may not want your little to have a trip to the principal's office, but a trip to San Diego sounds pretty good, huh? Enter for your chance to win a family getaway to San Diego (and no purchase necessary, how awesome is that!).
Now for your viewing pleasure. Check out the video below. If you see a pair of shoes you like, click on them. It will take you to the Crocs site to get the 411 you're looking for. But keep your eyes peeled for the hidden Easter Egg. If you find that baby, click on it to see what happens. Here's a little hint for you:
Good luck and enjoy the show.
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