School Shoes

Today we had to get the last things that Palmer needs for Kindergarten. All three of the boys need new school shoes so we headed to the Famous Footwear buy one pair get the second half off sale (gotta love that!) As each of the boys found the shoes they wanted, one by one they had to test them out by running as fast as they could through the store. Why don't shoe stores put some sort of track in their stores for the purpose of testing new shoes to see if they do in fact help you to run faster or jump higher? I totally remember being a kid and feeling like I could run faster with my new shoes. Palmer found some very cool indoor soccer type shoes that he absolutely LOVES. He kept saying "I can do anything in these shoes" and then he would take off running. We actually lost Lincoln in Kohls and I have a hunch he was testing out his running shoes. He was on the way other side of the store. After shoe shopping we went to Leatherbys for dinner and ice cream and all three of them climbed everything in their path. They honestly felt invincible.

The boys were so excited to show Grandma and Grandpa their new shoes so we had to stop at their place on the way home and show them. As we were driving home it was getting dark and Hunter asked Dad to turn on the light of the van. Of course Josh did and after a while I looked back to see why he had asked for the light to be turned on and he was just staring at his shoes. I burst out laughing as did Josh. We figured he had seen them enough and Josh turned off the light to which Hunter immediately protested as he couldn't see his new shoes. We turned it on for another few minutes and then off, Hunter went crazy again. We laughed all of the way home. I loved seeing how mesmerized he was by his new shoes-it was classic.