Cool Mom Picks - Kids Shoes

Monday 01 June

Sandal season is here - are you ready? I'm not.

turquoise children's sandals from siaommi So it's officially June (how did that happen?) and of course my kids do not yet have sandals. Poking around the web this weekend, I saw these Siaomimi children's sandals online at Popodona and I think I'm in love. ... [More]

Monday 25 May

Flipflops for kids of the non-sucky variety

flipflops from pediped My daughter has a thing for flipflops these days probably because she sees me wearing them all the time. So I did a dumb thing and bought a cheap pair from a big mall store that's I think are made of sandpaper and barbed wire. She is miserable every time she puts them on. ... [More]

Saturday 02 May

Socks with soul

I used to play this game with my son when he was a baby, it was called I put on the sock, you wiggle out of it and lose it. Oh the fun we had. ... [More]

Friday 03 April

These children's shoes go to Eleven

Eleven Boys Spring 2009 If you need another reason to be happy it's spring, just check out Eleven's new Spring line of shoes. A sort of "big sister/big brother" to our fave See Kai Run, I've gushed about Eleven before--I love their shoes which combine cool kid-appropriate fashion with run-and-jump rubber bottoms in bigger-kid sizes 9 to 3. ... [More]

Wednesday 25 March

Just when you thought there was nothing new in children's rainboots

childrens rainboots at vincent [More]

Tuesday 10 March

Kids slippers with values parents love too

Oh how I love the adorable childrens slippers from Satch and Sol. But more importantly, my daughters love them. They don't know that they're handmade from felted wool and suede soles by a fair trade artisan cooperative. ... [More]

Monday 09 March

Get your kicks, Graffeeti-style

I used to draw on my sneakers as a child. It drove my mother crazy. Guess what my kids do with their sneakers? (I think my mom put them up to it.) With Graffeeti shoes, though, kids can color away. ... [More]

Sunday 08 March

The hightops for high waters

converse rain boots It may still be the beginning of March (and the beginning of Daylight Savings Time - whoopeeee!) but April showers are on the horizon. ... [More]

Thursday 15 January

Baby Mukluks - Yeah, I had no idea what they were either

Maybe it's because the last thing I need is a gigunda boot at the bottom of my already huge ankles, or because it's currently 65 degrees outside in Atlanta in the middle of January, but either way I've yet to embrace the Mukluks trend. ... [More]

Wednesday 31 December

Editors Best of 2008 - The coolest kids clothes, baby clothes, slings and shoes (whoo shoes!)

Cool Mom Picks Pick of the Year 2008 We thought we'd close out 2008 with our carefully if somewhat painfully culled down list of favorites of our favorite items to shop for in the whole world - kids clothes, baby clothes, and kids shoes. If only they didn't outgrow these gorgeous things so easily. ... [More]

Thursday 11 December

KEEN Shoes: Less carbon footprint, more snowy footprints

More and more, I'm starting to care about how the clothes my family wears are made and by whom. I'm no crazy dogmatic eco-ista, but there's something to be said for corporate responsibility and giving back and supporting people who ride hybrid corn-fed unicorns to work instead of Hummers. Or whatever. Which is why I'm happy to discover the shoes from KEEN. ... [More]