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A Moment To Brag

28
Jul 2009

Today I took Zane to the store to get some new shoes. His were seriously falling apart and getting so tight that every time he had to put them on there would be a lot of grunting and rolling around on the floor in frustration. Usually he wears these slip-on Vans that cost way too much money but are ridiculously cute so I buy them anyways. Well, times are tough right now so I bought Zane some much much cheaper shoes at a different store that I am really happy with. The only problem is these shoes have laces. Zane has never had laces before, only slip-ons. In the car he asked me how to tie them and I told him I would teach him later today when we got home. A couple hours after we were home and settled, he brought the shoes to me and again asked me to teach him to tie them. I told him all about making the knot, then a bunny ear, going around, through the loop and pulling them tight. He said okay. Then he started practicing. He asked me to clarify the loop a couple times, and the size of the bunny ear, but other than that he just kept trying. I had already moved on to another task, but a couple minutes later I noticed him walking around with tied shoes. The kid already figured it out! I was so surprised I made him untie them and show me that he could do it, as if they had magically tied themselves the first time. Sometime he just amazes me. He learns things so fast and easily. Anything we teach him he immediately commits to memory and it is learned.
Here he is all proud of himself!

Tags: zane