little shoes.....big dream

Most of you who know Jake know that he has a love of basketball.  Not only does he love to play the sport but he loves all that goes along with it.  Meaning....the shoes, the shoes, the shoes.  This kid LOVES his basketball shoes. He loves the smell of a new pair.  He even goes so far as to keep a magic eraser close at hand to wipe off any marks.  His hope and dream one day is to own his own shoe store.  He spends plenty of time researching and looking at all the shoes online.  He is more knowledgeable the ANYONE at Footlocker:)  Nate and I didn't realize what we started when he got his first pair of Air Jordans at 2.  If he had the choice,  every gift he receives and any money he makes goes towards shoes.  The other night he was describing to me how he wanted to display his shoes in his room on the wall.  Who displays their shoes on their wall???  Well, when he came home from school I surprised him by putting together a display. I tried to do what he described but of course I was needing this to be cheap. He was pretty excited and now has plans to buy more shoes and add more cubes......uh oh.  It is nothing special but I am sure tonite as he lays in bed with the little dimmer light shinning down on  his shoes he will dream about the shoe store he will one day have.