I cannot imagine how upset I’d get if there were a bunch of Heely-mad kids swarming me in the parks.

Oh, and the rest of you should be aware that they do make Heely-type shoes for adults.

I guess adults have the good sense to not wear/use them in crowded public places. ;-p

(Which surprises me, seeing as how many adults just generally lack good sense period.)

In Santa’s defense, Trillian has the shoes that become full-fledged skates, not the ones they call “heelies”. THOSE are the annoying ones.

She uses them in the house. Thank God for hardwood floors. She might wear them to Opry Mills (that’s a whole lot of walking for little spindly legs).

But I’ll make sure she never wears them in ’sensitive’ company.

My fear, however, is that she’ll come back from a night at the grandparents’ with a pair. If I tell my mother or my husband’s stepmother not to get them close enough to the time when they are requested, my wishes will be honored. But if I tell them that and they’ve forgotten that comment by the time my daughter asks them to buy a pair, who knows what they’ll do.

As for my husband’s mother…well, let’s just say if I were to catalog all of the things she desires to do with her grandchildren that I’d rather she not, we’d never talk of anything else. I’ve learned to pick my battles and contain my remarks to things life or death matters, such as “child safety seats are not optional in the car…and no, they aren’t big enough for the front seat” or “I know they don’t love the life vests, but they’re not strong enough swimmers to be in the pool without them if you’re not in there with them.” So the chances that Gran will buy a pair of heelys are…not ideal. And goodness knows, if Gran will buy them for her, she’ll also take her out wearing them. While I promise you all that I will do my best to try and teach my child not to take Gran up on her offer of skating through the Bellevue Mall, I can’t promise that she’ll be mature enough to resist the urge. So I’m sorry for that. But I can assure you that she’ll never go out in public wearing those things on my watch. NEVER.

In fact, she was invited to a rollerskating party awhile back which she seemed to be very keen on attending. Then she got into some serious trouble (lying) and the party priviledge was removed. She “acted” like it wasn’t a big deal to miss the party. I think that was partly out of trying to not let us know how she really felt and partly because she was scared sh!tless about putting on shoes with wheels on them!!