Take Shoes Off

• I felt bad for Isaak this evening.
• When we got home Isaak was saying, "Take shoes off".
• He has to be in them for at least 12 hours, so I couldn't take them off. :(

Escape Artist

• Isaak has a child proof door on his crib. We sometimes open it, so that he can climb out himself. He likes the independence.
• I left the door ajar. I wasn't really thinking about shutting it. It's narrow enough where he wouldn't just fall out. The door is actually meant to stay open for when the child gets old enough to get in and out themselves.
• Last night after putting Isaak to bed, I heard something. I looked over to his bedroom door, and saw two little feet underneath it.
• He managed to escape his crib.
• This makes me wonder how he will do in a big boy bed? Will he actually stay in it? I've read about little escape artist's doing damage to the house while the parents were sleeping.
• I sure hope he's like Mica, and just goes down when we put him down. Time will tell.

Just a Few Questions

• I had a few questions about Isaak's shoes, so I called his doctor's office.
• The first one: Does he wear them while he's sleeping? Answer: He needs to wear them at least 12 hours a day. If he'll wear them more then that, have him wear them. So...the answer is yes, at least during nap time.
• The second one: If he grows out of the shoes, do I call the doctor's office or the place where he got fitted for the shoes? Answer: The doctor's office. They'll write him out a prescription.
• I always have more questions after the fact it seems.

Isaak Got His Orthopedic Shoes

• We had to get up early this morning to go pick up Isaak's orthopedic shoes. The company Markell specially makes them. The shoes are called: Tarso Medius Shoes that are made over straight lasts. I should of taken a picture of Isaak with them on. Finding them online to show my readers what they look like is near to impossible! When I did find them, the quality of the picture was low.
• They are not as ugly as I thought! The ones they used to size him were not pretty! (See below)

• These are the ones he got. (See below)

• He has to wear the left shoe on the right foot and the right shoe on the left foot. He walked like he was drunk at first. I'm sure we'll get stopped and told that we have our kid's shoes on the wrong feet.
• Potentially the only problem is...Isaak loves to untie shoes! We'll have to tie them a lot! Then of course he may trip over the laces when we don't realize he's untied them. The little "Punk" already had the double knotted laces untied while in his car seat.

Plush Toys With Feelings

• Kimochi means "feeling" in Japanese.
• These plush toys actually have feelings inside with faces that represent the feeling as well as the name of the feeling written on them.
• There are 5 different plush toys to choose from.
• Go Graham Go is giving away one Kimochi as part of their Well Mannered Series.
• I was torn as to which one to pick as my favorite. I like Lovey Dove and Huggtopus equally.

Talent Show

• We got a notice that there's a talent show for Mica's preschool in March.
• There's an auction of sweet treats afterward.
• I thought I'd get a head start, and make some cookies today.
• I'll just put them in the freezer.
• Each boy got to take turns putting things in the mixer.
• This is the tail end of their job.

• This is Isaak when he got to eat a cookie.

• This is Isaak when Mommy said, "No more cookies!"

Team Geotrax Map

• Mica walked around much of the day with this advertisement tucked into his hands. It's a sheet that has all the Team Geotrax stuff on the page.
• Mica calls this ad his, "Map".
• He's misplaced his "Map" many times, and I've had to fine it.
• Mica of course wants everything on the page for his birthday in August. He's starting to ask for things he wants for his birthday because he was invited to his first friend birthday party that's in March.

One of Isaak's Top Picks

• Isaak likes this tool kit right now.
• It has shapes you can put in the hole, and it says the name of the shape as it gets placed correctly. It also has gears, nails to pound in, screws to screw in. The drill really doesn't do anything functional.
• I got this for Mica, so it's been played with through 4 kids now. I'm including cousin's Evan and Elijah since they are over at our house 2 days a week. It used to be one of Evan's favorite toys when he came over to play (when he was Isaak's age).

Circus

• So...I'm just now getting the circus pictures up from Friday.
• Mica studied the circus at preschool all week last week. The teacher's let the kid's paint their own faces. Mica was a bit disappointed when I made him wash his face before bed. It was hard getting it all off. He sort of looked like someone dressed in camouflage more then a clown. He had fun painting on his own face.

• On Friday Daddy took Mica, Isaak, cousin's Evan, Elijah and Aunt Terra to the circus.
• Daddy didn't have the best time in the world. Isaak was tired and Mica kept asking when it was going to be over? There were so many people there they couldn't get out to just walk around. Terra's clan was with them, so they couldn't just leave.
• Regardless...Daddy got a few fun pictures.
• The boys noticed this fun alligator waving at them.

Curious George Prize Pack Giveaway!

• Feisty, Frugal, and Fabulous is giving away a Curious George prize pack!
• She has 1 Curious George 2 DVD, CD Soundtrack and a Curious George book to give away.
• We have the first Curious George movie, and Mica loves it! Isaak's more into the PBS show, because he doesn't watch full blown movies yet.