the shoe drama

Oh man! Ada will not leave her shoes on. It isn't really the end of the world to walk about in socks but the weather is getting colder so I am trying to make this happen... However, I am finding that I sometimes feel its the end of the world! Exasperation = toddler+8.5 months pregnant. Picking her up rather than having her learn to walk beside me holding hands is the cost to her shoeless ways at the moment. Both because carrying her hurts my pelvis pretty quick now that I am 2 weeks away from newborn fun, I also angst over the missed opportunity of Ada doing it herself! The smaller cost is the time I spend putting them on again and again, dis I mention being exasperated? The practical cost? Washing socks? I tried to purchase some tricky to remove boots in Newmarket but the shoe store confirmed her ankle size and foot length is currently incompatible with boots. Baby cankles. It's ok she doesn't know.

Here we are at the zoo where buckles and locks are still the fave, last week and back in autumn, with no shoes on.