The easy pre-sport toddler days rapidly wane and your preschooler or kindergartener now wants to try everything. Soccer season melts into baseball season and summer sports are transcended by winter ones. Meanwhile an expensive pile of equipment grows in your storage room, garage or basement.

I’m often amazed by the amount of equipment required for each sport. Who knew shoes came in a variety of “sports”? Baseball shoes, soccer shoes, skateboard shoes…the list goes on.

When it comes to individual sports, especially those that require, not shoes but skates or boots, the price tag inches up and the lifespan of each seems but a nanosecond. So, I’ve tended toward the cheaper or rental version whenever possible.

Since I’m an eager participant in several of these, fun but expensive, sports, skiing and ice skating, and my son is too, I’ve taken him straight to the rental counter each time we go. Unfortunately, he is less than enthused by my real passion, rollerblading.

Worse yet, renting rollerblades for him isn’t really an option since my preferred path is around our neighborhood. And buying a new pair each year for an unenthusiastic participant seems somewhat wasteful.

So, I’ve invested in a pair of adjustable skates. While they don’t provide the best fit, they do the trick and save me money in the long run. These unisex adjustable skates are great starter skates and are handy to have around for small visitors if your child really gets into skating and wants his or her own pair. These Kid Meteor adjustable skates are a little less “clunky” and feature the “cool” look boys covet.