Excellent design and evidently, comfortable for my active 3 yr olds. They wear a size 8 of Stride Rite and this is the first Timerberland brand sandals I have bought for them. The sandals look like they need to go up a half size but they don't do half sizes so I guess one size up would be the way to go. I just don't want the sandals to look too big on their feet since they can trip over shoes, or sandals in this case, that don't fit properly. I will most likely order a size up and hope they are not too big.