Disclosure: Thank you to DSW and Shopstyle for sponsoring today’s post. All products were chosen and loved by my nieces and nephews!

I don’t know about where you live, but schools here in Indiana are back in session and while this is always such a busy time gathering all of the supplies, meeting the teachers, and making sure your kids remember how to wake up at a reasonable time in the morning, it’s also such a precious time to watch your littles step into a new season of life. While I don’t have kids of my own [yet!] I always get a little emotional knowing my nieces and nephews are jumping into a new school year. I will never understand how they grow up so fast [I swear yesterday they had pacifiers in their mouths and their biggest worry was what toy they were going to play with], but here we are.

I take my responsibilities as “Aunt Erin” very seriously and one of those is to help make sure they are putting their best foot forward as they head back to school [pun intended]. The best place I have found to shop when it comes to footwear for the entire family? DSW. They have a HUGE selection of well-known and trusted brands at prices you can’t beat. Not only do they have you covered in the shoe department, but they have a ton of back-to-school essentials as well! With your ability to shop online [their shipping is so fast!] or in-store, you can’t go wrong when choosing DSW for all of your back-to-school needs! Another major perk of shopping at DSW? Their shoe donation program, Soles4Souls where you can donate gently worn shoes (up to 1 pair per week) which are vetted and donated to nonprofit organizations in developing nations! Sign up for FREE to become a DSW VIP Member (comes with perks like free shipping!) 

I thought it’d be fun to give my nieces and nephew a run at this whole modeling thing for them to show off their new kicks. Thankfully, they were up for the challenge [anything is possible when free shoes are on the other side of the task ;)]

Puma Kaia Mid Leather High Top Sneaker // New Balance Fresh Foam Roav Running Shoe // Vans Ward Lo Platform Sneaker

Puma Kaia Mid Leather High Top Sneaker [size up if in between] // Steel 600 Metal Water Bottle

New Balance Fresh Foam Roav Running Shoe [true to size] // Steel 600 Metal Water Bottle

Vans Ward Lo Platform Sneaker [true to size]

See more back-to-school favorites from DSW here..