Fuzzy Slippers the Second Time Around!

I bought Jacob his first pair of fuzzy slippers, Riley was just about the same age when she got her first pair except I brought Riley to pick out her first pair and Riley and I picked out Jacob's for him after our haircuts!  Jacob loved them and kept them on most of the evening, he even tried putting them on himself, which was quite humorous!  They are both just over 19 months in these pictures.  I can't believe how much bigger Jacob is than Riley was!!!  Riley also got a new pair of slippers but she wasn't interested in cheesing it up for me. 

Shoes...

Way back when Riley started in the Toddler Room and we were told that she needed to wear shoes to school, Marc and I were really worried that she wouldn't like shoes because she essentially sleeps in shoes so she would basically be in shoes 24 hours a day. Boy were we wrong! The girl LOVES her shoes! I ordered her two new pairs from pediped two weeks ago (it was free shipping if you ordered over $75 worth of shoes so it was a no brainer, especially since I couldn't decide between two pairs!). I love their shoes for Riley; they are super durable, even the soft soled leather shoes that she used to wear outlasted her Stride Rite rubber soled shoes, and they are podiatrist approved (something I look for to help protect her million dollar feet), and most importantly they make SUPER cute styles in her little miniature foot shoe size. They also started carrying a line in between the soft-soled baby shoes and the big kid shoes called Grip N Go with a flexible sole and they happen to all be sized in the size 4 to 5 range, score! So I ordered Riley 2 pairs and when they came in the mail, I showed them to her to see if she liked them. Umm, yeah of course she did, they are shoes! She even backed up to pose for a few shots of her modeling her new shoes.

Modeling the first pair, these are still a bit big but should fit her this winter:

Modeling her second pair. The first pair of shoes that I ever bought Riley after she was done with full time brace wear was this same style, just with the soft bottom. I couldn't resist buying a bigger size, coincidentally, I bought that first pair nearly a year ago! These fit her now so she sported them this weekend!

Riley loves to put her shoes on herself (which can often be a long painful process when I'm trying to get out of the house) but here's she's pretty quick at it. Then she starts the clean up, she's actually very tidy. If a dresser or kitchen drawer is slightly open she says "uh-oh" and then closes it for us.

Rare Form

Riley was in rare form tonight. She has a little bit of a cold so she's been a bit cranky, which is unfortunate because we appear to be in a little teething lull right now, so while she was entertaining herself with her books in her room I escaped to go change out of my work clothes. When I returned this is where I found her; in her closet, sitting on a sand bucket. with every single pair of shoes that she owns around her as she tried one on at a time. At first she didn't know if I was going to get mad at her or not but when I started laughing she continued trying on her shoes for me and was even kind enough to pose and smile for the picture (unfortunately her "meme" is blocking her smile. I know, I know I need to break her of it but her teething has been so bad over the last month that I haven't had the heart to break her of the one thing that provides her comfort and peace and quiet for Momma and Dadda!).

Riley loves putting on her own shoes and she's actually quite good at it, she usually gets it on the correct foot and can loop the straps through the loops, probably because she likes to help with her "night night" shoes so she has lots of practice. This video isn't a great example of her mad skills, I think sitting on the bucket in the closet was throwing her off.

After trying on her shoes she decided that she needed to put a swim diaper over her clothes (and normal diaper), which she did by herself, somehow she even managed to put it on correctly (with the front in the front) and walked around saying "poopoo." I guess sometimes two diapers are needed and you can never be too safe! At one point she asked to go outside and I told her I didn't think it would be appropriate to go outside dressed like this.
























Then she needed to check for "poopoo"





















Just making sure...





















Yes, she was definitely in rare form tonight!