We had decided to go to Clarks in Crawley mainly to have Conrad’s sister’s feet measured, as she hadn’t had a new pair for a while and we thought her feet might have grown since last. But we decided to get Conrad his first pair of shoes too, as he is cruising so well now. We got to the shoe shop at 5 to 11 and were the first ones in the shop when it opened. Conrad’s feet both measured 4 1/2 G (G meaning that they are slightly wider than average, which is F). Out of the four pairs in that size we were shown, one pair got disqualified straight away for being white and the two I preferred seemed too narrow to fit properly on Conrad’s feet (he tiptoed a bit when wearing one of them, although he didn’t complain, of course). But the fourth one slid on his foot nicely and easily. ‘He has a slightly high instep’, the sales assistant said. Of course we needed to get him what we thought would be the most comfortable pair possible.
It was a bit odd seeing Conrad in shoes for the first time, as if he really is turning into a little boy… But he seemed to walk comfortably in them, and much more confidently in our garden than with his wellies. While I was hanging up washing (and Ian popped down the shops to get some bits for dinner), I opened up the sand table and Conrad and his sister happily got stuck in. Conrad was standing so confidently, seemingly just casually leaning against the table, that I was quite chuffed. It does seem likely he’ll be running around the garden before the summer is over.
At lunch and dinner today, Conrad started shaking his head from side to side in a happy sort of way, stopping every so often for another mouthful. It made Jessica giggle, and want to copy him of course, which she did. Which made Conrad giggle in turn. This carried on throughout the meal – so cute!
Gabriella