Landon & Shoes

 

 

Landon in his first pair of cowboy boots.

 

 

  Recently Landon has become very picky about his foot wear.  It started back around April when we bought him a pair of sandals.  He wore these sandals for two hours one time.  They gave him a small blister on the instep of each foot.  He limped around for days due to the excruciating pain.  He also insisted on wearing socks 24 hours a day (even while bathing) for 3-4 days. Sandals are now at the top of his most hated list.   He also hates his church shoes because he feels the shoe laces are too long!?  As soon as he gets to nursery he rips them off.

 

I think Skecher's shoes advertising campaign has hit the bulls eye with their intended demographic.  All my kids have had a Skechers phase but Landon's obsession had the earliest conception at  barely 3 years old.  He had been asking for Skechers for the last few months now.  I took him to Ross where the shoes are a hodgepodge of disorder to get a new pair of shoes.  He immediately zeroed in on a pair of Skechers tennis shoes. There was no fooling him on which shoes were Skecher's and which were not.  It was a litte eerie!  He especially wanted a pair that lights up when you walk.  Lucky for him they had a pair in his size because I was not going to pay $45-$50 at a department store. 

 

I thought he was going to seriously hurt himself that first day because he could not take his eyes off his feet!  He also believed they were making him run faster.  Everyone in the family was shown a demonstration of how fast he was in his lightning Skechers. 

 

The poor kid has also been brain washed by Ashlyn into believing that pink is the most superior color known to humankind.  He keeps trying to wear Ashlyn's pink and too large cowgirl boots.  Since Chris accidentally took his beloved Skechers to Payson, AZ for the week we were in need of shoes.  Kohl's has Toy Story Woody boots that light up so he is now the proud owner of his first pair of cowboy boots.  I am interested to see which pair of shoes becomes his favorite once Dad returns with his Skechers.