Shoe love? Not for these boys.

On Friday, I brought Andy and Justin to get new shoes since the last time they got shoes was in September. I usually go to Stride Rite since they have wide feet and I feel better knowing their shoes fit them right. This time, I just went to Famous Footwear. Justin fell head over heels in love with a pair of Diego light up shoes. But Andy looked and looked and said he didnt like any of the shoes- until he saw a pair of Transformer shoes that light up. I wondered how old is too old for the character shoes that light up, but he loved them so much...the only problem was that they didn't have his size left. We went to Target and found a pair in hs size, and he YELLED out of happiness..."Oh- I love you! My mom found me these shoes!" And then he almost fell to the ground since he was just so happy about his shoes. Then I looked around and figured since their shoes werent expensive this time, that I would get them each 2 pair so they could have some to choose from, or just in case they get one pair wet in a puddle or something. Thats normal thinking, right?? I picked up a pair that I thought was really cute- tried to get Justin to try them on. He said no, he already had a pair. I explained that he could keep the Diego pair, but also have another pair too. "No thanks, mommy...I just want one." So I try Andy. "Do you want to try these on?"  "No thanks, mom." "But you guys, mommy REALLY wants to buy you more shoes...are you sure you dont want to try a different pair...here! How about these??" No, Mom...one is fine. Let's go home." I just stood there and looked at my two little boys sitting on the floor and laughed and said that they were boring shoe shoppers.  Wouldnt any girl have jumped on that offer? Guess they made daddy proud with this one for sure. As for me...I was disappointed ( not in the kids)...I just wanted to buy more shoes.