My son asked why I always put his snow boots by the front door in July

I told him it's called forward thinking.

You never know when a rogue blizzard might hit in August, and when it does, I'm not going to be the parent scrambling around the basement looking for last year's boots while everyone else is already building snowmen.

Punchline

Plus, they're great for puddle-jumping during summer thunderstorms — I call it my "all-weather footwear strategy."