Shoe Shopping With Daddy

Cliff and Walker both needed new shoes. As it turns out, Walker REALLY needed new shoes. We started noticing over the weekend that his New Balance tennis shoes were feeling a little tight when we put them on. I attributed it to the amount of times they were put in the dryer this weekend after playing in the snow. However, the search for new shoes began. We went out Tuesday night to Hibbetts...practically the only place in Covington to get nice tennis shoes...and found some we liked, but much to our dismay, they weren't in his size. As it turns out, his tennis shoes were a 5 and his foot measured 6.5. I had a few hours of wallowing in motherly guilt after that one!! So, we made do with some hand-me-downs until tonight. Cliff sensed that I needed a little "me" time and so he and Walker ventured out to Hibbetts in Conyers together and left me at home. (sidenote...in Hibbetts on Tuesday, Walker was obssessed with all the balls...I think he said that word 1,000 times while we were in there and he wanted to hold every last one of them. He was quite the handful). So, as they were leaving tonight I chuckled as I imagined the fun they'd have alone tonight.
When they got home, Walker was so proud. He was grinning ear to ear when I opened the front door to welcome them home. The phone rang right as they were coming in and it was Jen, so as I said hello to her, he's screaming "DADA" because Cliff as pulling out his new shoes. Walker was pointing at them proudly to make sure I didn't miss Dada's new shoes! Still grinning ear to ear. I quickly got off the phone with Jen and Cliff pulled out Walker's new shoes, which Walker proudly showed off with loud squeals and smiles. Then he put them in his mouth, of course. What else are new shoes for???
It was evident that he'd had a really good time with Dada and that shoe shopping is to become a father/son tradition.
Cliff said that he was very excited to be back in Hibbetts and seeing all the balls. Despite his quite active state, Cliff was proud to report that the sales lady told him that Walker was the best behaved child they'd seen in the store today!! (wow...poor parents, because I know what Walker acts like in Hibbetts.) He IS his father's child. At least now, Cliff has someone to go with him and won't have to drag me in there everytime we go to Kroger. :) And...here are Walker's new shoes!!

The exciting part for me is that they are really velcro! Cliff's had a thing about Walker not wearing velcro shoes, but since these appear to lace up, they were acceptable. :) Walker modeled them proudly for me when he got home, then had a snack, bath, drank some milk and was off to bed like a sweet little man.

PS-I just did day 2 of The 30 Day Shred, which is a Biggest Loser DVD by Jillian Matthews. It's quite possible I won't wake up tomorrow morning. :) Gah. But...tonight was much easier than last night and I didn't expect that. A little encouragement. :)