Son Up to Son Down

Back to school is here. The hustle and bustle of cramming in last minute family vacations, shopping for school supplies, getting back into regular bedtime routines and saying our sweet goodbyes to pool days and fire pit nights.

As a kid, I remember picking out new shoes for school as being my favorite part of the back to school season, so I let my two oldest do the same. My middle (starting kindergarten) picked out some red, white and blue shoes because they reminded him of Captain America. My oldest (headed to second) picked out some plain black and white shoes because the other shoes looked...