The kids all got new shoes. I’ve never seen Liam excited about shoes before, but he’s always gotten Target stuff. While in a Nike store, he was quite excited. I think that he picked out five pairs of shoes.

He was so excited that he had to go straight to the park to play basketball in them. Ada played on the monkey bars and Helena played all over, including some basketball.

Ada’s new shoes were laced shoes, so we sat down and learned how to tie them. She isn’t quite strong enough to keep them tight, but she really learned how to tie them in about ten minutes. There was no complaining or getting frustrated at all. Once she did it, we undid them an tied them over and over again.