Me: I'll bet you're catcher leg guards are getting too short. I found some good ones on clearance in your color. They're on their way.
DD: What? I don't want new legs. I like my old ones.
Me: Put them on....
Measuring and marking where her knee hits the pad ensues...
The knee cap is hitting the top of the pad...
Near tears and grumbling from DD...
2 Days later...
Me: Shins are here.
DD: Can I open them now?
....
DD: Pretty. They fit! I love them! I''ll start wearing them after try outs. I don't want them to think I don't practice because they're new.
This is the way equipment buying works at my house. Fierce sentimentality for any piece of gear that's been through the battles with her, then a complete turn around to "Out with the old. In with the new."
New gloves take a much longer grieving process.
DD: What? I don't want new legs. I like my old ones.
Me: Put them on....
Measuring and marking where her knee hits the pad ensues...
The knee cap is hitting the top of the pad...
Near tears and grumbling from DD...
2 Days later...
Me: Shins are here.
DD: Can I open them now?
....
DD: Pretty. They fit! I love them! I''ll start wearing them after try outs. I don't want them to think I don't practice because they're new.
This is the way equipment buying works at my house. Fierce sentimentality for any piece of gear that's been through the battles with her, then a complete turn around to "Out with the old. In with the new."
New gloves take a much longer grieving process.