Emily has been asking for "tie shoes" for a little while now. I told her after Katherine was born we could go pick some out for her. While in labor my nurse & I somehow got on the topic. She said her son learned to tie shoes from a book that had 2 different color laces at the back. She said that seeing the 2 different colors just clicked for him. It makes sense really - all those white laces all tangled up has to be confusing!So last week I made a homemade version - one white & one pink shoelace taped to an empty CD case. I gave it to her when she got home from school & within 30 minutes she'd learned to do it! Then she went to her daddy's shoes & tied a perfect bow all by herself again. She was SO proud of her accomplishment. In honor of her new found skill we took her to pick out her 1st pair of tie shoes. As you can tell she is very proud of them!
