Big Day for The Morton Boys

Putting on shoes... ONE of the things I dread every morning. As most of you know every morning in The Morton house it seems as if WWIII is about to bust out! It is seriously OUT OF CONTROL. It really is simple... you wake up, eat breakfast, get dressed, brush teeth and hair then put your shoes on. Every night before bed we lay out clothes that YOU pick out to wear the next day, down to the socks and underwear. Mommy even packs lunches except the main course at night and packs backpacks so we can just move and groove right out the door in the mornings. Oh if it were only that simple.

After all the jacking around mommy and daddy can take we tell you to PUT YOUR SHOES ON for the 10th time and here comes the moans and the groans... stupid shoes, stupid laces, why do they have to be so long, these people are stupid who made these shoes... bla bla bla

We have been trying for TWO years to teach Jonah to tie his shoes. He always gives up and says how stupid it is because he cannot do it. He is a perfectionist and if it does not happen the first time he gives up. He is also a lefty so it is hard for me to teach him. He just stopped trying... until today! Luke has been asking how to tie for a few weeks and he sat down and said, "OK mommy, I looped it, now do I swoop it"? I got beside him to watch and HE DID IT!!!!!! YEA LUKIE. He was so excited and could not stop smiling. Then the dreaded words EVERY big brother hates to hear came out of Luke's mouth. "Mommy, I can tie my shoe and Jonah can't? That's weird". Put your seat belt on folks... here we go!

Jonah was going to have NONE of that mess, little brother knowing how to tie and not him. He sat down, did it with a poor attitude the entire time and glare in his evil little eye and DID IT!!! He started to smile but then stopped... I looked at him with a huge smile and told him he better not smile just because he TIED HIS SHOE! He grabbed his mouth and smiled so big I could see it :)

I was screaming with excitement... I was oh so excited for them but even more so for ME ME ME! YEA ME :)

Since then Luke ties and unties and ties again everything he can. Jonah still gets a little frustrated but tries so hard. I am so proud of my little guys!