Baby Boys Shoe Question

[lesliepear]

My son has 2 events to attend in June. He'll be 20 months.
I'm getting him the Easter outfit (short sleeved shirt, sweater vest, long pants (either navy or khaki) and the plaid shorts and argyle socks).
I have no idea what kind of shoes to get for him. The Gymboree suede bucks will look silly in June (and I don't like them). I'm not sure if sandals will look ok if he wears the shorts (we have a luncheon in a tent as one of the events, the other is a nighttime dinner). He'll need a size 6 or maybe a 7 by then (he's a 5.5 now, just got him a pair of size 6 sneakers for everyday).
Does anyone have any ideas? I don't want to spend a lot on the shoes he may only wear once or twice.

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[ex-goodlife509.livejournal.com]

i got nicolas a pair of black, faux leather, round toed lace up shoes. they look fancy schmancy. five bucks on sale. i'm sure they have something like that for bigger boys -- he's wearing a size five right now, too!

scary. when i was seven months preggers the doc got a great ultrasound of Nico's feet. 6 cm. a tennis ball is 7 cm diameter!

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[lesliepear.livejournal.com]

I have the same pair for Alan in his "current" size 5.
Maybe I should look and see if they have them in a 6 or 7 - they have a sneaker like bottom.

Still not sure what to wear with the shorts though.

[goodjoan]

Personally, I think traditional B&W saddle shoes look adorable on little kids, with long pants or shorts. I should look and see if I have any in a 6 or 7.

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[jpallan.livejournal.com]

Agreed. I don't have sons, so I clicked on the coments here out of sheer curiosity. (Little girls are so easy. White dress sandals in summer, black leather Mary Janes in winter.)

Not sure one pair will work for both....

[ginky.livejournal.com]

Jack's dressier shoes for summer have always been fisherman sandles. I wouldn't put socks on with the sandals though, or socks with shorts for that matter. For the Easter outfit, I'd go with something like the suede bucks, but from Payless so that you're only out $15 instead of $30 when he only wears them once. :)

Re: Not sure one pair will work for both....

[lesliepear.livejournal.com]

For use with the long pants, I'm hoping to find the Target (Circo) black shoes I have now in a 5 in a 6 - they've got a sneakery bottom and he can use them more than once.

I'll get nice brown sandles for him for the summer and when he wears the shorts with the shirt/vest. This way, if it rains the day I wanted the short bottom and I go with the pants instead, I'm not stuck with useless sandals.

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[ginky.livejournal.com]

My kids live in sandals when it's warm. :) We usually end up buying Jack 4 pairs during the summer, 1 dressy, 2 every day and 1 not so dressy to wear with nicer clothes.

[habibekindheart.livejournal.com]

actually, though I love dress shoes for boys and girls (and there's some great ideas on here) I've found that white leather crib shoes go with just about everything, esp. with boys. Plus, they can wear them every day.