The Twilight of Robeez

Griffin has loved his Robeez. The cutest little shoes loved them so much that for a while he was insisting on wearing them everywhere but the bath.

Today as I was putting them on him I saw in the first one a hole, a very worn and obvious hole. The second had a very similar hole. Bill was taking the kids to shop for Mothers day so I suggested a trip to the shoe store. We have a nice Stride Rite store in Madison that also carries Robeez and I know that as Griffin approached his second birthday that the time for more solid shoes is upon us and due to the slight curve to his foot. We need the professional fitting…Bill Called from the store and Griffin didn’t like the whole process of getting the shoes on but he is walking around in them now. I’m sad my little guy is in big boy shoes. (He is getting new Robeez too I wonder what he will pick.)

Trying to put a Value on Mother’s Work

In this article, they are trying to put a price tag on what we mothers do! A huge part of me cheers but another part of me is angry, as it makes no real sense. Why put a dollar value on doing the dishes, and caring for our own children. It is what we signed on for. It would be nice to see a little extra money but be real people. In my house (which is far from my definition of clean) and where my husband does as much if not more of the daily living (cleaning, and cooking) chores. I feel like money is what divide family from the lack of it to who make what and who has what and we are loosing a certain amount of family cohesiveness because of this.

They don’t honestly disagree with my assessment, but come on now. I know plenty of single people or even DINKs who do a lot of work around their own homes that we could put a salary on. Granted it is less but on the list of “job” they have on the mentioned they don’t include pet care but they do include both Janitor and Housekeeper. (www.mom.salary.com)

Apparently I could earn an additional $87,321 a year by just being me at home! Have you seen my house? That’s silly.