Kids

I took the kids to Kohl's to get a pair of shoes for Isaac. He saw a pair of Nike ones that he REALLY wanted. But they had laces. And cost FORTY-SEVEN American dollars. Ugh. Isaac has worked on tying, but until now, hasn't quite figured it out. And that's a lot of money for a pair of shoes for a seven year old. But after a quick text to Eddy to get his opinion, I said ok. But the rule is that he can't wear them until he learns how to tie and I WILL NOT be tying them for him.

So he practiced a few times in the store and a few times when we got home. The next morning while I was FaceTiming with my parents, he did it!!!


The next day he wore his Nike outfit (from Auntie and Uncle Paul [also Nike socks!]) and his new Nike shoes. He was pretty impressed with himself!


While at Kohl's looking for shoes, Piper saw some books that she LOVED. Oh, did she try to convince me to buy them! Luckily I was able to use the excuse that they were too big. Ha!


I had each of the kids pick out a birthday card for Eddy. I tried not to sway them in the choice, but did day no to the $8 card Isaac wanted. Piper picked out a Rainbow Bright card that said "Happy 5th Birthday" on it! Ha!! I think she liked it because she can color the inside of it. But before she got to coloring, she wanted to write Daddy a message. So here she is, trying to copy what I wrote. What you can't tell from the picture is that she spent over an HOUR working on this, using White Out several times, and shedding LOTS of tears because she was getting frustrated. But all in all, she was pretty excited to show Daddy her work!