Vivienne: My Little Trendsetter!

Apparently, Vivienne is going to grow up to be quite the little trendsetter.

She is starting very early at the tender age of two with her great fashion-sense and all!

If you aren't already familiar with Vivie, she is very much into shoes. She adores them.

She loves shoes so much that she doesn't even care if they fit properly or rub or give her blisters, she wears them anyways.

She likes to wear them all day, everyday, even while she is sleeping.

Most recently, she has insisted upon wearing shoes with her footed pajama's.

She doesn't even mind who's shoes she is wearing, either. She has been known to steal her brother's tennis shoes when he isn't looking.

I am not quite sure if her stealing shoes is what actually started this, or if the fashion statement just caught on.

But what I do know, is that now all of my little people insist upon wearing shoes with their footed pajama's.

Have you ever tried to put shoes on someone wearing footed pajama's? It's not easy, let me tell you!

The feet in footed pajama's are very bulky because of the seams, so it isn't the same as wearing socks or anything!

But, my trio each insists upon wearing their shoes as much and as often as humanly possible.

I say this because, to a two year old, there is one thing that is far more interesting that being allowed to wear your shoes everywhere, anywhere and with anything.

That is the actual temptation that is there while wearing one's shoes to take them off.

That's right, toddlers apparently are very obsessive compulsive and feel that what is done must be undone or something just isn't right.

This nasty little quirk leads to tears most of the time. Yesterday, Kian woke up for the morning in hysterics having quite forgotten that he had managed to remove one of his coveted shoes and actually tossed it over the bed rail.

This led to uncontrollable sobbing interspersed with the words "I'm hungry" and "Shoeses" repeatedly.

It took me a while, but I finally realized that food was NOT going to appease my savage little beast once I got him into his feeding chair and breakfast was served.

Nope, he just continued bawling, and sat there glaring at me with the one bare footed pajama foot in the air as high as he could get it.

I got the message, and ran upstairs to find the missing shoe. Once it was placed upon his foot, the howling and tears stopped short, and he began to enjoy his breakfast.

Of course, this meant that since Kian had his "Shoeses" on, then Kai must also have his light-up sandals on as well.

Of course Ms. Vivienne had managed to resist all temptation and still was wearing both of her snazzy new sandals that vaguely resemble mine.

My baby girl has started her very first fashion trend! I'm so proud of her...I think!