My Nanny has been bugging me for about 2 weeks to buy Joshua a pair of real shoes. He has Robeez (the soft soled slipper type shoes also known as "crib shoes"), however, he doesn't own a pair of real sneakers. Well, I can't say he doesn't "own" any, because he has about 10 pairs of shoes in his closet that are hand-me-downs from his cousin Max and cousin Jonathan. (I still am unsure about whether Joshua will ever wear these hand-me-downs. Clothes are one thing, but shoes are not something you are supposed to really share - kind of like underwear. I guess with baby shoes, the school of thought is that their feet grow so fast, these shoes are hardly worn. Good point, but the shoe still got molded to the child's feet even if they only wore them a dozen times).
The shoe store that I took Joshua to is one of those Mom & Pop shoe stores that specialize in children's shoes. It is called Shoe Train and located in Potomac, MD. Ed, the owner, has been in business for over 40 years. It kind of reminded me of the shoe stores I used to go to as a kid called DiGulios or Zellniks. The shoes at the store were so cute and so little. Ed was worried at first that Joshua's feet may be too little for shoes. However, he did find a pair of cute sneakers that fit Joshua well, and they came in a cute, little shoe box.. He even got to wear them out of the store. (Remember the excitement when you were a kid and got to wear your new shoes out of the store?)
Unfortunately, Joshua didn't have the best shoe shopping experience. When Joshua was sitting on my lap getting fitted for shoes, he was upset and crying. He didn't like this strange, old man touching his feet and putting these "things" on his feet. Poor little Joshy! Once the shoes were on and tied, he was fine. The sneakers look so cute on him.
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