Comments on: How times have changed

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 01:09:52 +0000

Although now and then she complains, Anya will often walk around barefoot even on our sharp gravel driveway. I can do that for about three feet before I start wincing in pain.

By: J. Cullinane

J. Cullinane — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 01:03:07 +0000

*laugh*

It’s very common here for people to just walk around barefoot, whether adults or children. Just walk down the street or into stores. If you walk behind them, you can see their black, dusty heels. It totally grosses us out. I don’t mind my kid running around barefoot in our grass, but walking down a crowded, dirty street… *squirm*

By: Andy

Andy — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 23:46:21 +0000

@J. Cullinane I was looking at pictures of Anya from the school field trip to harvest potatoes, and there she was running around the potato field in her bare feet. BARE FEET! I'm surprised we didn't have to amputate them later.

By: J. Cullinane

J. Cullinane — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 23:31:50 +0000

Hahahah I was thinking the same thing lately as I was musing on our childhood toys. I’ll probably feel different about this, this time next year, but sometimes I wonder if we wrap our kids in thick wool and never let them skin knees or eat dirt or whatever.

Course, if I hear later you got mercury poisoning, I’m going to feel like a total ass…

By: Andy

Andy — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 14:08:37 +0000

I put the big pieces in the trash bag to be tossed, and vacuumed up the rest. Granted, this was before what I read online, but considering it was all over, the cardboard method wasn’t going to work…

By: Cabol

Cabol — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 13:49:16 +0000

So, um….what did you do?