Shoes off?

For the umpteenth time I watched John hook his heel over the edge of the footplate on his chair and kick off his shoes. I don't care much for shoes myself so I just figured he was picking up another of my habits. Mark, who likes shoes, finally asked him about it and guess what, his shoes hurt. So he got to looking and lo and behold the child grew out of all his shoes but is good enough at curling up his toes that he could still get them on. Silly boy now has three new pairs of shoes, sandals that light up, sneakers, and black church shoes which he proudly wore last night and never kicked off once. Just amazing the things that result from proper nutrition!