Baby Bear has not wanted to wear anything but her sandles for awhile now. This seemed rational to me because of the blazingly hot weather. Who really wants to wear foot emcompassing fabrics and get sweaty feet during the summer any way. I go with sandals as much as possible in the summer.
I have been meaning to go to the mall to purchase some big girl panties for Baby Bear. (In an effort to encourage our potty training progress (or lack thereof). Yes, me venture to the mall, an event that normally only happens when Grandma Bear is in town. (Somewhere, the shopping gene that runs heavily in her DNA was not replicated in mine.) I finally ran out of excuses. With Baby Bear in tow, we ventured out to face the hoards of shoppers (BTW...did I tell you it was tax free weekend!!).
Since I had a coupon for Stride Rite shoes, our first foray into the shop-til-you-drop world, was into this toddler-0rama. Between the kids running everywhere and Baby Bear pulling all the shoes off the shelf, a nice (patient) lady managed to measure Baby Bear's feet. She suggested that we purchase size 7.5 shoes. Hmm...all current shoes in our house are 6.5 or 6, except her sandals. Baby Bear is the proud owner of three new pairs of shoes and she even wore one new pair out of the store.
We also accomplished our other goal of buying big girl panties. She picked out the colors and took them to the check out counter. She was ready to put them on in the store. I managed to convince her that we would change into them once we arrived home. Once home, off came the pants and the diaper (she is quite adept at these two feats) and on went the polka dot big girl panties and out the door to ride on her tricycle. We had a short talk that when wearing big girl panties, she needed to tell me when she needed to go potty. She was happily riding along. Then, "Mom, I need to go to the potty." My heart soared with joy. She gets it. This was just what we needed to spur along the potty-going process. As I walked over to her, however, I was once again grounded as I noticed that yes, indeed, she did need to go to the potty but we were not going to make it as there was already a puddle around her. Oh well....the panties are still very cute and I cannot wait until we are using them for real.
I have been meaning to go to the mall to purchase some big girl panties for Baby Bear. (In an effort to encourage our potty training progress (or lack thereof). Yes, me venture to the mall, an event that normally only happens when Grandma Bear is in town. (Somewhere, the shopping gene that runs heavily in her DNA was not replicated in mine.) I finally ran out of excuses. With Baby Bear in tow, we ventured out to face the hoards of shoppers (BTW...did I tell you it was tax free weekend!!).
Since I had a coupon for Stride Rite shoes, our first foray into the shop-til-you-drop world, was into this toddler-0rama. Between the kids running everywhere and Baby Bear pulling all the shoes off the shelf, a nice (patient) lady managed to measure Baby Bear's feet. She suggested that we purchase size 7.5 shoes. Hmm...all current shoes in our house are 6.5 or 6, except her sandals. Baby Bear is the proud owner of three new pairs of shoes and she even wore one new pair out of the store.
We also accomplished our other goal of buying big girl panties. She picked out the colors and took them to the check out counter. She was ready to put them on in the store. I managed to convince her that we would change into them once we arrived home. Once home, off came the pants and the diaper (she is quite adept at these two feats) and on went the polka dot big girl panties and out the door to ride on her tricycle. We had a short talk that when wearing big girl panties, she needed to tell me when she needed to go potty. She was happily riding along. Then, "Mom, I need to go to the potty." My heart soared with joy. She gets it. This was just what we needed to spur along the potty-going process. As I walked over to her, however, I was once again grounded as I noticed that yes, indeed, she did need to go to the potty but we were not going to make it as there was already a puddle around her. Oh well....the panties are still very cute and I cannot wait until we are using them for real.
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