People are always emailing me for advice on visiting New York City. And I love sharing my favorite restaurants and stomping grounds with or without kids. And this may become my most important tip…
If you’re going to visit the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx (which is totally gorgeous and has an adorable kids area), you really should bring shoes.
Just ask 5-year-old Summer who spent the entire afternoon there without any.
P.S. How am I supposed to make sure EVERY one of my kids has a pair of shoes when we go out. My goodness, I’m not a miracle worker.
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kelcey kintner
My younger daughter spends all summer running around our neighborhood without shoes. She finally got a terrible blister on the bottom of one foot, and for two weeks I have been able to force her into sneakers (to prevent infection!). I’m such a mean mom. But, for true, if you don’t stay vigilant, kids will try to get away with anything.
Im not a math major but 4 kids times 2 shoes each is certainly too many to keep track of.
I still remember getting out of the car in the church parking lot a month or so after giving birth to my fourth baby and realizing that the 3-year-old was still wearing his bedroom slippers.
Happened to a friend of mine, her son was rollerblading in the drive while they were loading the van and she said “let’s go” he took off his skates and got in the van. First stop he realized no shoes. He was about ten, was only bringing one pair of shoes for an overnight trip. She was furious…
Hahahaha, this makes me feel SO much better. When we arrived at the post office parking lot this morning, son #3 asked “are there shoes in this car?” because he had done the very same thing.
Ewwwww!
I have a friend who didn’t realize her 2.5 yr old daughter didn’t have underwear on under her dress. That was an unforuntate detail to find out from her Sunday school teacher at church that morning. Oops!
Hey, kids have only been wearing shoes the last hundred years or so. Can we say “new-fangled”? I think we can.
Really, how can you be expected to make sure all 10 feet (including yours) are shod? It is just too much for one person. Too funny!
p.s. hope the pavement wasn’t too hot & I bet Summer will remember next time;)
Aren’t 5 year olds accountable for anything these days??
that is really good advice! thanks!
🙂 You really should make sure that tip gets into the NYC guidebooks. xo
amazing. i can totally relate. 5 kids here, a buttload of shoes throughout the house, and outings can end with the 95lb, 10yr old SON in the shopping cart because he didn’t wear any. why. WHY. jesus, take the wheel.