New Shoes

Today I took Drew and Gracie to get new shoes. I am sure I pay way too much for kids' shoes, but I always take them to the Stride Rite store in town because I appreciate having someone who knows what they're doing measure my kids' feet. I really appreciate the people at the store I go to because they have never tried to sell me shoes when we didn't need them. They even talked me out of buying shoes for Gracie once -- she wasn't walking yet, but I really wanted to buy some cute shoes for my baby girl -- and they told me to come back in a couple of months when she started walking.

This was Drew's first pair of shoes, and it was really funny to see his reaction to them. First, he curled his toes under so it was really hard to get his new shoes on. Once he finally had shoes on for the first time, he acted like he didn't know what to do with his feet. For a few minutes he wouldn't move them at all. Then, holding onto my fingers, he started walking backward. When he finally took a few steps forward, he was lifted each foot high in a very exaggerated motion. It was so cute to watch. I imagine he will get used to his new shoes once he wears them a little bit.