My 3.5 year old picked these out bc they're red.  He's pretty opinionated about anything that he wears - mind you, he rarely hesitates to put underwear on his head to get a reaction - and I was a little nervous about the velcro.  He loves these shoes, tho.  The 10.5 fit nearly perfectly, which in parent speak is never a good thing.  So those went back and thanks to Amazon's quick delivery the size 11's arrived 2 days later and will hopefully get us thru a few more months than the smaller size.