knee pads

i said to my children, go get me three pairs of pants with no holes in the knees. come to find out, that's no short order to fill. we just make holes in the knees of pants. it may be our best thing. do you have any pants needing some fresh air around the knee joint? lend them to us, we'll fix you up.

i was able to help a little by digging out all the pants my #2 son has with those zip off automatic shorts panels - which were all in shorts form, of course, because it's december - and getting the little bag of pants-ends from the laundry room and reuniting and rezipping up all the legs. 5 new pairs of pants, just like that.

but for the long haul, i'm thinking knee pads. they can wear them all the time, unless we're leaving the house. it will feel better when they're chasing a short person on their knees, or if they biff each other's chin while wrestling, or whatever it is they do on their knees that makes such marvelous holes.