Kids' Stuff

When I was a kid, my poor mother always complained about how myself, and my younger brothers were too hard on our clothes. She had hoped to raise three little gentleman, but ended up with a trio of swashbuckling adventurers!

We three brothers would spend hours or even days building tree forts in the woods, damming up the stream behind our house, or searching for fossils in the gravel pit at the end of the road - and all at the expense of our clothes!

Mother was of course most displeased with me - I was the oldest and presumably the most responsible. When I fell off my bike riding home from school, she lamented the size of the hole in my pants more than the abrasion on my leg. You see, my parents were hard working dairy farmers and there wasn’t a lot of money available to spend on fashionable attire. It was therefore assumed that my younger brothers would inherit all the clothing I had outgrown – but any garments issued to me were always tattered and torn beyond recognition after a few months in my possession, no matter how high the quality. The family clothing budget doubled and tripled after every mud hunt, clam bake and corn cob roast. When the neighbours challenged us to a ‘crab apple war’ the only casualties were torn shirts, soiled socks and filthy disgusting sneakers. Yes it was our shoes that suffered most – running shoes could only be machine washed once without damage. After two or three tumultuous experiences in the washer the glue stopped sticking and those primitive plastic rubber shoes simply fell apart.

So it’s with some appreciation that I’ve found Holey Soles are extremely durable footwear for kids. My young troublemakers all have a pair of these colorful clogs and it’s my sincere hope that their shoes will experience twice as much adventure as mine did when I was a kid. Holey Soles have been well tested in my house - its a fact they'll tolerate full time abuse for over a year! Furthermore they're garunteed for a year. If you experience any breakdown of material or parts you can return these innovative foam shoes to your retailer with proof of purchase for a replacement pair, no questions asked. Yes indeed, things certainly have changed since I was a kid, and even my mother would be satisfied with this innovative company’s funky footwear.

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