Parenting Pop Quiz

For those of you who know our precious baby girl, you know how much our 'little angel' hates getting dressed. It usually takes two of us to get her ready for the morning. Getting her shoes on is even worse So while we were at Matt's dad house, Matt's sister Nicci was holding Brenna. Brenna managed to gleefully get her squeaky sneaker off. So Nicci went to put it back on her. No big deal, right? Ha! You bet Matt and I had a good laugh as we watched Nicci wrestle (and that is no exaggeration) the shoe back onto Brenna's foot.

Here is attempt number 1.

And here's attempt number 2. This time Nicci's husband Chris tried to help his wife out with the challenge:
Notice the headlock technique, sometimes effective, but not this time:

Chris decides to step in. Is it really that difficult to dress a baby? It is just a shoe.

Brenna, of course, just has to be helpful. Notice her trying to tie the shoes before it is even on her foot.

Nicci and Chris get smart and distract Brenna with the cap to her bottle. Does it mean success?

Not yet. Look at Brenna's face, I am sure she is thinking, "Haven't you figured this out yet?"

Back to the headlock technique:

Finally, success! The shoe is on and tied. Double knotted of course.

Now that the test has been passed, Brenna has to test for herself and see if she can get it off again.


Ahhh! The joys of parenting!