I said to Jay yesterday..."We leave in Two Weeks and Two Days!"
He gave me a "you are NUTS woman" look...and then did the math in his head. The "panic" look replaced the previous look!
He always gets twitchy at the two week mark!
He wasn't home yesterday when I was having the kids try on their shoes. He missed the wallet shot...that I haven't dropped on him yet...

Teddy has grown clean out of his Keens! I was really hoping he could wear them one more year. They fit him fine in June. The child's feet have grown THAT MUCH since the beginning of the summer.

It's a bummer b/c we will have to get him a new pair before we go...sooner rather than later so he can wear them around and get them all broken in just right for Disney.
I'm a big fan of Keens. They are great for kids like Teddy who need total foot protection...options to get wet...and remain cool. He has his croclings too...but those aren't quite as hardy as the Keens. Keens are TOUGH, but light and very supportive to his little frame that is growing like a dang weed! Shoes are the ONE place that that Jay and I agree that quality has to be first. Usually I'm in the "It doesn't make sense to spend crazy amounts for kids clothing b/c they grow out of it so fast..." camp. But shoes are a different arena. Supportive shoes in children's young years are much more important than people might think. Since we work with all sorts of Physical therapist's and occupational therapists and orthopedic doctors and such, we are well versed in the importance of sturdy, well made supportive shoes for children...well versed meaning I'm paranoid about it...I know...shocker!
it's unfortunate that such sturdy, supportive shoes for children are often shockingly expensive! Even though I was bummed that Teddy had grown out of his Keens...I happen to know some places that I can get them for a very reasonable price! I ROCK at internet deal finding!!!
Sally too jumped on the "It doesn't FIT" bandwagon!

Seriously, her Mickey
crocs fit her last MONTH even...but when she put her feet into them yesterday her toes came right to the edge and squished. Even without the strap behind her ankle! *sigh*
She has her pink Minnie Janes...(women's size 6!!) and her flip flops that she is currently passionate about.

I'm thinking she needs another pair of shoes. Jay thinks I'm nuts. He thinks she has plenty of shoes with a pair of crocs and a pair of flips and a pair of sneaks. ( The kids are required to wear sneakers for the Pirate Cruise)...BUT the sneaks don't count in the shoe round up as Sally will not wear those except for the cruise...and only then b/c we've had to threaten to take her birthday away! Seriously! (Sally LOATHES sneakers!) With a ten day trip I think the kids need more than two pairs of shoes!
I think I'll get Sally another pair of crocs while we are hunting for Keens for Teddy this weekend. Poor Jay will have to deal with it...or I'll hide it...
probably hide it...
JUST KIDDING...
or am I?
The thing is...poor Jay just has no clue about shoes. He has his one pair of Keens that he got last year (and LOVED by the way!) Jay is NOT a sandal wearing guy. No flip flops, no rugged Teva type sandals...he just can't stand it. He wants his foot covered totally...even though he has very nice feet for a man...*ahem* I tried to sell him on Keens, but he insisted he wasn't a sneaker hybrid kind of guy either. I reminded him about our Honeymoon when we were at Magic Kingdom smack in the middle of Hurricane Ernesto. His sneakers and socks had been a wet squelchy mess after an hour and they never really dried after that...this did NOT make Jay very happy...so he said he'd "try on" some Keens...mostly to humor me I suspect..but he arrived home with a pair of his very own!!
the point being, he's happy with ONE pair of "Disney Shoes" and his sneakers and a pair of dress shoes.
Now ask me how many pairs of shoes I'm taking...
more than three!
