This is an actual email message that Stephanie sent to me this past week:

Brian -
With the snow here, I had to order boots and socks for Jacob. His feet got cold several times last year, so I bought boots and four pair of wool socks for he and Toby to share when we're outside. It was $70 from Big Ray’s. I feel bad ordering when we just talked about money last night, but we live in Alaska... kind of a must have...
Love you.
Steph

And, you know, she is totally right. I felt bad last year when Jacob was running around barefoot for most of the winter. And his feet did get cold. Several times. So now we have boots and four pair of socks for Jacob and Toby to share. Maybe Jacob can wear the boots while Toby wears the four pair of socks. Then they can switch out. Yes, this winter they’ll be much warmer. Thank you Stephanie!