High School Cool 101

Yesterday was the first day of High School for this guy. He was up early and dressed in the standard uniform of your typical teenager, jeans and a t-shirt. No one would ever guess that we spent an entire morning shopping to construct this look of carefree casualness. Notice that he looks as if he just crawled out of bed and threw on the first thing he found... that is what makes it cool! (Do you see how tall this boy is getting? He reached the long awaited milestone this summer of surpassing his mother in height! Judging by the size of the puppy paws on this boy he is going to be a tall one!)





These are the shoes that my son had to have . There was no way he could start school in any other shoes. He wouldn't even look at another pair of shoes. Never mind that his mother doesn't own a pair of shoes that cost this much (except for my running shoes). To make matters worse we were shopping with my mother and I made the mistake of assuming that she would take my side in convincing this boy to try on the pair of same brand shoes that looked very similar and were on sale! But Grandma did not have my back! She was obviously completely taken in by the good looks and eager puppy dog smile that this boy got on his face when talking about the attributes of these shoes. Oh the charm of youth! After much talking and haggling I agreed that I would put forth the previously agreed upon amount of money towards the shoes and this child of mine would pay the difference out of his lawn mowing money. Let's hope these feet don't grow too fast!