‘Tis the season to change over the outerwear! We did it a while ago, washing up and packing away the snow pants and parkas.
By “we” I definitely mean my mom, because she did ALL of that! But a couple of days ago, it was time to do the loose ends, which was Brady’s winter jacket, a bunch of the neckwarmers and such, and winter boots. We decided to keep everyone a light toque and mini mitts out, but each kid now has a spring jacket, splash pants, and a hat. They all have rubber boots, but they all needed shoes, and a couple of them needed sandals. So the Value Village hunt began!
Now that everyone has a pair of shoes, I want to show you them all! We’ll go oldest to youngest.
We took a leap and bought Dekker shoes that needed tying, and he rose to the challenge. Not only does he really love the shoes, but he learned how to tie them easier than I thought he would!
I really like his shoes 🙂 They’re shoes I would’ve picked out and paid full price for at a different store. They cost $4.50.
Laela is next, but her shoes came last. We had to go back a few different times to find some that finally fit. Lucky for us, she is really happy with them! They’re sparkly, and they fit her great! She also rose to the challenge of tying shoes!
They look like bowling shoes, haha! I like them 🙂 They were $4.00.
Rowan’s shoes are cool! They’re slip on vans, and while I don’t have a celebratory picture of him liking them, hahaha, he does now. Lol! Truly, he was instantly frustrated when he put them on, but that always makes it harder, right? 😉 So he finally rallied and wore them for a day at school, and now he is completely happy with them 🙂
They are VERY him. I believe they were around $6-7.00.
Solly’s shoes were the first ones we found, and he really really likes them! They’re Airwalks.
He has never once had a single complaint about them! It was an immediate, easy sell. And he could put them on himself with zero issue. I think they were $4.00.
Wavy’s shoes were also a super easy sell. She loved the color, and they fit her perfectly. She can even put them on herself! #overachiever
No picture of her enjoying her shoes either, but she is ALWAYS running, so I haven’t caught that yet! Of ALL the shoes, these tiny little numbers were $11.00.
As a fun added bonus, we actually managed to find Brady a cool new pair of shoes, too! He had gotten a couple of nice pairs of shoes before everything went down. One of his feet is now always a little swollen, and his ankles are a little floppy and hard to get a tighter shoe on. So he has some big shoes that he can wear over his brace, but when he doesn’t wear his brace, he has no well fitting shoes. It feels really bad to take his cool shoes out of the closet and replace them with nothing…
So, these work really nicely! They’re all leather inside and they look cool! He’s super happy with them! I think they were $15.00.
Beyond all of this, Dekker and Wavy can reuse their sandals from last year. Solly will wear Rowans, and Rowan got some slides for $3.00 from Value Village. Laela has proven challenging in the way of footwear, but my mom picked her up a pair of flip flops from Dollarama, which is all she’s wanted all along. So, everybody wins!
Spring can officially stay now. We’re ready.