Money down the toilet

That's what buying Kael's shoes is like: flushing money down the toilet.

His feet grew again. He's now a kid size 1.5. This is huge considering most of his friends are still in toddlers' 11-13 (after 13 is when you move into kid size 1+).

We just bought him a pair of 13's a few months ago. "Few" meaning 3 or 4 months, not 6 or 7 months. Luckily it's summer so he's in crocs 99% of the time anyway. I'm not going to buy anything (shoes, school uniforms, dress clothes) until the very last minute. Meaning: school begins August 31 so I'll start looking for shoes and uniforms a few days before. In fact, I'm not even going to buy him uniform pants until it starts raining.