New Shoes

The kids spent the day with my mom and dad today. I had a very relaxing day. I mowed the yard this morning, then I took a 4 1/2 hour nap...yeah that's right 4 1/2 hours. It was so WONDERFUL!!!!! They had a great day. They always do!!! When they came home there was just enough time to give them a snack before bath and bed. I don't know how working mothers do it...I hardly had any time to see them, much less play with them. It makes me so so happy that I have them at home with me all day!!!!!

I got a few pictures of them eating some cookies (nutrishious snack - huh) before bath.

For some reason, Lily insisted on me taking pictures of her with cookies in her mouth. I don't understand it, but they turned out kinda cute!!!!

I don't know if I have ever mentioned my obession with shoes before, but here goes. I think it is my mission in life to find great shoes at a great price. My kids have more shoes than I do. Little shoes are just so much cuter than big shoes (kids shoes vs adult shoes). I don't think that I have ever spent more than $15.00 on any single pair of shoes for the kids. I figure why pay $60.00 for 1 pair when I can get 4 or 5 pair for the same price. Well, it never fails that a childs foot grows overnight. Avery's has all of a sudden gone from a 5 to a 6. To top it off, he has got the fattest foot ever. I have taken more shoes back to stores than I can count, cause they rub blisters, or they are just to tight. Well, I have found that the croc style shoe is the best. But it can't be the kind with the moveable strap in the back. It has to be solid. The ones with the moveable strap have a little button thing on the inside that allows it to move, and that button thing rubs blisters. I wouldn't even have noticed if my friend Stephanie hadn't mentioned it to me. Her son Cole has the same problem. Those shoes went quickly back to Wal-Mart. That was a couple of weeks ago. So I have been on a mission for the last couple of weeks to find him some shoes. Lily and I went to Silver Dollar City last week, so we stopped by a couple of stores while we were in Branson. I went to the Crocs store first, cause I knew they had a type without the button thing. The only pair I found was the green pair (pics below). On sale for $12.99. Not bad for REAL Crocs (not that I really care about the brand, just the style). Next I went to the Sketchers store. I found some shoes for Lily there (I got her some of the Jibbitz things at the Crocs store). She really did not need shoes, but we were on our way to SDC and for some reason the shoes that she was wearing were hurting her feet (I think it might have had something to do with the fact that we were buying Avery shoes, and she thought she needed some, too). They were on sale Buy 1 get the 2nd 1/2 off. They were marked $14.99 a pair, but with the discount they ended up only being $11.25 a pair. Not to bad (they really are cute!!). I got myself some shoes while I was there, I needed some. No pics of them, just not as cute!!! Next was Stride Rite. Very pricey shoes in that store. I would not have gotten any, but I found a pair of 6W brown sandals (perfect for church) on clearance for $12.49. They are really cute. The only shoes left that I wanted to get him was a pair of the Cars clogs. Every time he sees them (or anything Cars) he thinks he has to have it. I have had no luck for the last couple of months since we first saw them finding them in his size. So I finally just went online and ordered them off the Payless website. Adam needed some shoes too, so he ordered them. He could have just went to the store and gotten them, but if he ordered them then we wouldn't have to pay shipping (a definate bonus). A few days later I ended up in Branson again, so I went by Kohls and found 2 more pair of shoes for Avery. Both pair were on sale for $9.99. The first was a pair of Carters that are blue with 2 straps on the top and a strap in the back, so they are totally adjustable. The second pair were Osh Kosh and were also totally adjustable. So I found Avery 5 new pair of shoes for the grand total of $60.45 (the cars shoes were full price at $14.99). Of course, I had to pay taxes on them, but I don't really count that. Not to bad for 5 pair of shoes, and it has been total fun for me!! Anyway enjoy the pics of great shoe bargains. Oh yeah, Avery loves his Cars shoes the best and it has been hard to get them off of him!!! Love you all!!!

Lily's shoes with the Jibbitz she picked out at the Crocs store (Princess - who would've guessed).

Lily's new shoes. She really does love them. But she is devolping her mothers unhealthy addiction to shoes. I guess I need to start being more careful!!!

The new shoes!!!

Croclings - that is what these are called. The band is stretchy, but not to tight. They fit Avery's fat foot REALLY well!!!

Stride Rite Church Sandals!!!

These are the Carters shoes. I thought they were adjustable in the back, but I don't guess they are. They are still perfect for his feet!!!

These are adjustable in the back. He didn't really need another pair of brown sandals, but they were cute, and I want to save the other pair for ONLY church!! So he can wear these elsewear!!!

The beloved Cars shoes. These have been a smash hit. And although they were the most expensive pair in the lot, they have already been well worth the money!!!