Why fivesocks?

So, I have wanted to start a blog for a while. I have lots of opinions, and my three young children are not a very captive audience, so here I am. I chose fivesocks as my blog title because at the end of folding laundry, we always have socks that have no mates. And, since we are a family of five, we have 5 socks without mates. Socks are a big issue in my life. My two older kids are playing soccer this year. I was desperate to give my 5 year old son the "team" atmosphere. He can be a difficult child, and the best little boy ever just 3 minutes later. Anyway, we were talking about socks. I have four diffirent brands of socks in his drawer because he is "one of those kids." He has a fit when he gets his socks on. They have bumps according to him, or they just aren't right. With the warm summer months a thing of the past (taking with them sandle and Croc wearing weather), we are again struggling with socks. We were doing well-even with the shin guards-until the soccer socks. Now, not being an official soccer mom (I refuse to own a minivan), I never even knew these things existed. Now I know they exist just to torture the mothers of kids with clothing issues. My son had a full-blown fit over these socks. I'm talking screaming and kicking his grandfather, throwing his body onto the ground, flinging his shoes in the air. So, hooray for me-I carried him onto the soccer field and stood there until he joined his team. (mom 1, socks 0) Sometime later that week, I did what any mother would do. I took a $7 pair of brand-new Adidas Soccer socks and cut the feet off of them . Problem solved. At least for soccer.