st. martin's school was closed yesterday.  max got to spend the morning with karen and luke!  they went to the park and to sports basement for new shoes for luke.  karen said that when they were ready to leave, max looked down at his feet and didn't want to leave.  she asked him what was the matter and he showed her that his shoes were ripping apart and that he needed shoes too!  they left with new shoes for luke and max both!  i think max could have asked karen for pretty much anything  and she would have made it happen!  thank you karen for taking such good care of max (will pay you back for the shoes of course) - you are awesome!

and yes, for those of you reading this now, wondering why max has to ask our friend for new shoes, please know that max HAS other shoes.  he certainly needed an additional pair though!