New Shoes

I had forgotten how a new pair of shoes could cause so much joy to one's soul. Sean reminded me. Darin took Olivia and Sean shoe shopping, and while Olivia was very pleased with her purchase, nothing could match the excitement displayed by Sean for his new shoes. He came home and announced that he had already made it around the entire cul-de-sac in 24 seconds. As he came inside he was running from one side of the house to the other...getting snacks, finding books, and sometimes just running for the sake of running. He turns to me and says, "I don't know why I love running so much in these new shoes. It's almost like they control me." As bedtime approached, his shoes decided they wanted to stay on, so he slept in them. The next day he made trips to several of the neighbors' houses to show them how fast he could run in his new shoes, and we even needed to take a special trip to Grandma and Grandpa's to demonstrate the power of the shoes. I shirked a little bit as a parent, though. The day after the new shoes were part of the family, Darin's sister came over to pick up her computer. She was in the house for less than a minute, and after she left Sean asked, "Why didn't you tell her about my new shoes?" I tried to take pictures that would do the shoes justice. Please take note of the puffy basketballs on the tongue of the shoes AND on the bottom (both of those contribute to the fast-ness of the shoes). Most of all, I want a little boy (and his mom) to remember how incredibly overjoyed he was for a simple purchase...something that seems to fade as years are added.


I tried to get Sean to pose for a photo, but it simply was not going to happen. These shoes need to RUN!