Re: A little OT: shoes and velcro

March 13, 2005

I hate velcro shoes too. Always have. If I put shoes on the child, I mean

for them to stay.

If you want sandals for girls, I always default to the Saltwaters. Heck, I

default to saltwaters for boys too. I love a little girl in Saltwater

Sandals, and they've got some really cute ones in the Sun Sand line that

are strappy and very nice looking. If you want, I know Nordstrom will

order in shoes and you should be able to get the other styles. Or just

order online.

Oh, here's some cute boys sandals! This isn't their site, but I searched

and this exemplifies the standard Saltwater and the one below is new to me,

very cute.

http://www.tcsag.com/cs/countryStore/cs/footwear/sandals.html

They have no arch. It's a very flat shoe. But it's made to hold up, and

true to it's name does very well in water. I don't know about the

durability of the other lines which are prettier, they're made a little

different but the Saltwaters are sewn into the rubber sole all the way

through to the bottom, and the straps are made to stay sewn to the shoe

after significant abuse due to water. They will last multiple children. I

wore them as a kid and my kids wear them out on the boat and beach, at

home.... all summer. My boys had matching shiny lime green Saltwaters

even - they're so cute! I'll post a pic to the CFPics list.

For girls, there's nothing cuter than a dress and Saltwaters. They have a

pearlized pink that I'm dying to have - which is sad because I've lived my

life post 8yo hating pink! But having a girl... well, she looks great in

pink and I gave into that pretty soon after she was born lol. Easter and

pink or white Saltwaters is pretty common here in rain and river land. The

Rosebud (white with flowers) is also cute.

OK - this is a hard site to find so bookmark it if you like it (note to

self... bookmark the site Kori...). I've ended up searching for this site

numerous time and each time it's near impossible to find the Hoy website

versus all these other places that sell these online. But at this site,

you'll be able to see all the different styles and then search out the best

price online. http://www.saltwater-sandals.com/index.html You should also

be able to get the standard Saltwaters and some of the Sun San's at Fred

Meyer. They usually have a sale in the spring when you can get them for

about $18. I can pick you up a pair at Nordstrom too, have them order them

in for special styles.

I want mary janes with buckles, those aren't to easy to find either. Time

for me to decide if Darbi is going to wear her brothers green, yellow,

blue, tan, or white saltwaters hanging around the house or if she's going

to get a pink or rosebud pair for herself lol...

What size is he wearing? I'd send you some of mine, but I lose shoes a lot

and sometimes I just need shoes and who cares what color they are as long

as they fit. Nice thing about having boys first, girls can wear all their

stuff and not look as bad as a boy in pink sandals would hehe.

Kori

>I have been looking high and low for sandals and dress shoes for my girls

>and I will be danged if anyone uses buckles anymore!

>

>The problem I have is that sandals with velcro come unhooked, then the

>child trips on them, shoe falls off, at best you have to put the shoe back

>on, at worst kid hurts ankle and elbow in the trip/fall. Dress shoes are

>not much better. THe velcro always comes undone and the shoe slips off,

>or worse just slips and eventually makes a blister on the heel.

>

>I was apalled to see that even Stride Rite have very few buckle sandals -

>and NONE for boys! YOu put all that work into making a good shoe and then

>ruin it by putting velcro on it!

>

>Maybe it is just me. Maybe I just have two really unique girls that

>manage to always have their shoes coming off, but somehow I don't think

>this is the case.

>

March 14, 2005

First, let me say you rock! I don't like the price ... I'm more a Payless kind

of girl when I can be ... but if it is the only way to get a decent sandal WITH

buckles and WITHOUT 2 inch heels (who the heck ever thought of putting 2 inch

heels on todler size shoes?!?) then I guess I will do what I gotta do.

They really should update their site tho ... that Nordstroms hasnt existed in

Yakima for years lol I will have to check out Fred Meyer.

And yeah! The boy's sandals are actually cute! Tom might let me get a pair of

those for Kai (he HATES the standard brown boys sandal). Kai is wearing a size

5.5, just behind Arica's 6.5 He seems pretty determined to outgrow her very

soon.

As for the lack of arch, PERFECT for Caitlen, who doesnt have one! I was going

to get her some Faded Glory birkenstock-style sandals, but she said the arch

support hurt her feet. I have sympathy since arch support kills my feet.

And can someone tell me whatever happened to the good old white leather

patents?? WITH buckles and minimum heel? We found one pair at Wal-Mart, and

they were of course the wrong size. *sigh* I guess it will be sandals for

Easter again this year ... which considering that we are having record-breaking

temperatures, isnt a bad thing!

By the way, once I get batteries for my camera I will send thru the photos on

CFPics of the ash on my Durango from last week. We are so clueless that we did

not even know the dang mountain had thrown a fit until after midnight when a

visiting friend told us!

Angel