Jack's New Shoes

The Shoes Jack trying the shoes out on the treadmill Jack beating Pops in the race around the front yard Jack is the winner!!!

For Jack’s birthday this year, I decided to get him a pair of new tennis shoes. When I told him that he would not be getting a toy from us this year but shoes instead, he was not happy at all. He said that shoes were not fun and he really, really, really wanted a toy instead. I am just so tired of seeing him in his dingy Crocs and besides the weather will be cooling off soon and he will need a descent pair of shoes. So on Monday Alan and I took him to the shoe store and decided that he would appreciate them more of he got to pick them out. We got to the store and Jack told the sales clerk that he was looking to buy the fastest pair of shoes they had—a pair that would run faster than Drake’s shoes (Drake is a boy in his class that always runs faster than him in the gym). Jack spotted a pair that he liked immediately. He tried them on and the sales lady told him to test them out in the store. She let him run as fast as he could from one end of the store to the other. She was great and really played along. Anyway Jack LOVES his new shoes. When we got back to my parents house he had to show them off and then he wanted to race everyone to see if he could beat everyone. My dad was the only one up for the challenge. They went into the front yard and had a race. They ran two laps around the yard. Jack won of course. Then he got on the treadmill to try them out. It is so funny how he thinks the shoes give him special powers. Today at school he showed them off to everyone. He teacher said the whole class spent the morning admiring his new shoes. And yes Jack was able to beat Drake in the gym with his new shoes. Drake claims that his shoes are still the fastest.