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March 11, 2006 This can't really be biological. 
I've always discounted the girls+shoes=true love argument. Until last night. When Erik and I were getting Frances ready for bed, she got upset (I think it's her teeth). And we were looking for a way to cheer her up: "It's ok, Frances," I said. "I'll see you tomorrow morning, and we'll have lots of fun." "Yeah, Mummy's going to take you shoe shopping!" "I go shoe shopping!" "Yes, tomorrow morning, I will take you shoe shopping. Won't that be fun?" "Yeah! I go shoe shopping! I buy green shoes." "You want green shoes?" "Yeah!" "OK then, we'll look for green shoes." I left her to read a bedtime story with Daddy, and turned on the monitor when I got downstairs: "So three little monkeys jumped on the bed, and one fell of and bumped her head! Mummy called the doctor, and the doctor said...." "No more monkeys jumping on the bed! I go SHOE shopping!" "Yes, you're going shoe shopping with Mummy tomorrow. TWO little monkeys jumped on the bed. One fell off and bumped his head! Mummy called the doctor; the doctor said...." "No more monkeys jumping on a bed! I go SHOE shopping with Mummy! Mummy go SHOE shopping!" Did it stop there? Judge for yourself. You might need to turn the volume up a bit to hear it; I don't think I had the mic on high enough. (Postscript: We went SHOE shopping, and bought her two little pairs of sneakers--4 1/2 & 5--but not green. Sadly, there were no green shoes that we could afford without taking out a second mortgage on the house. But Frances likes them anyway.) Posted by Andrea at March 11, 2006 1:10 PM under Radio Free Frances EMAIL this entry (comments fields are below this section) Comments ooh, now I want to go shoe-shopping. Maybe when I finish this essay. Posted by: Jane Dark at March 11, 2006 2:36 PM
So cute! Posted by: Amy at March 11, 2006 10:33 PM
Very adorable! I empathize with the whole shoe thing. weeMiche is totally into shoes... hers, yours, whomevers. It started about 14 months! I wouldn't have believed it if I didn't see it myself! Posted by: Miche at March 12, 2006 9:04 AM
I love shoe shopping. My sons don't much care for it, but my daughter and I love it. Posted by: Undercover Angel at March 12, 2006 3:58 PM
Undercover Agent--nice to meet you. See, that's the thing--I HATE shoe shopping, so where did she get it from? My mom is a shopper. Can this skip a generation? Posted by: Andrea at March 12, 2006 5:25 PM
I'm not much a shoe shopper, but my son Fabulous (he's 21) loves the whole shoe thing. He has more shoes than I have ever owned at one time. Too bad about the green shoes, but I'm glad Frances found some that she liked. She is just too adorable! Posted by: Sue at March 12, 2006 5:34 PM
Try Lands' End overstocks -- toddler girls floral sandals size 5, blue with a green flower! Or toddler all weather mocs, size 5, fern green. (having a boy, I don't get to buy shoes this cute, so this was vicarious fun.) Posted by: Genevieve at March 13, 2006 1:43 PM
!! Next time we need to buy shoes, Genevieve, I'll ask you first! Posted by: Andrea at March 13, 2006 5:37 PM
I'm no expert on shoes, but I've been shopping online at Land's End overstocks a lot! Posted by: Genevieve at March 14, 2006 3:30 PM
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