The Glade 4.0

So my 20 mo. old has a tendency to kick his right shoe off constantly. Doesn't matter if he is being carried, running around the room or sitting down. He finds a way to shove his shoe off all the time.

So last night, we were in Best Buy to return a crappy Xmas present. When we went in the store, he had both shoes on. I placed him in the shopping cart and we went about our business. I went to the Games section and Oonagh went with the cart to find something to exchange for the present. When we got back together, we noticed his shoe was missing. We looked for about ten minutes and couldn't find it, I dont' know how it vanished so good. It must have ended up on a shelf or under a fixture. Anyway, we had to enlist the help of the Best Buy employees and it was shortly found after that.

Moving on to Bed, Bath and Beyond. Placed the child in the cart once again with his shoes on and shortly thereafter, the right shoe was kicked off. This time we did notice and instead of putting it back on, we placed it in the cart. Sean was being fidgety as a 20 mo. old is wont to being and this cart did not have the restraining strap for the baby seat. He was attempting to stand up. Oonagh located another cart and switched (almost) everything into the new one. We walked up to the front to finish our purchases and as I was standing holding Sean, Oonagh noted that his shoe was off. I stated that it was in the cart. She looked and it was not there. She went to the back of the store where the original cart was located and found his shoe...

and something else...Her car keys.

She had handed them to him to play with while in the original cart. He must have dropped them and she didn't notice.

So, the extremely frustrating habit of my son losing his shoe all the time paid off last night right after the most frustrating shoe loss we've had yet (Best Buy) since it caused us to backtrack right away instead of finding out the keys were lost later and having to try to retrace our steps.

Thank you Sean for losing your shoe last night.

EDIT - I just noticed that our shopping stops were quite alliterative. "Best Buy" and "Bed, Bath and Beyond"

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This must be Thursday. I could never get the hang of Thursdays.

He does it because he can. I'm glad you found your keys.

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I prefer to think of them as "Fighting evil in another dimension"

When you go to the grocery store, start looking for things you didn't put in the cart.

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The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. B. Franklin

"A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone." -- Tyrion Lannister, A Game of Thrones

As an addendum to the story:

Oonagh had also handed him a metal Super Mario Mushroom candy container to keep him occupied, something that I didn't yet realize was not ours, rather still the property of the store.

He was playing with it and dropped it and decided to move on to the next shiny thing to play with. Since Oonagh had gotten me the same thing as a stocking stuffer for Xmas, I assumed it was ours (since she normally gets herself the same things as stocking stuffers for herself) and placed it in my jacket pocket to give back to the child later.

We left the store and got home and I removed the candy thingy from my pocket and innocently asked Oonagh if she was going to eat the candy so we could give the mushroom to Sean.

It wasn't ours, She had grabbed it off of a shelf to give to him and I didn't realize it. If someone in the store had seen me place it in my pocket, they would have rightly stopped me and called me a thief.

Oops. I plan on going back to BB&B to give it back to them since I feel kind of stupid about it.

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This must be Thursday. I could never get the hang of Thursdays.

It's funny how... difficult... a quick trip to the store can be.

Ours did the same thing with one of his shoes at that age.

Have you considered teathering his shoes to his pants?

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Ezekiel 23:19-20 

Staples.

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"It is true that democracy undermines freedom when voters believe they can live off of others' productivity, when they modify the commandment: 'Thou shalt not steal, except by majority vote.' The politics of plunder is no doubt destructive of both morality and the division of labor."

Most stores will not bother with anyone that takes less than ten dollars worth of stuff.

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Raell Kromwell

Just wait until you get to the stick-stage. You'll be wistfully remembering the days of lost shoes ...

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This cold and dark tormented hell
Is all I`ll ever know
So when you get to heaven
May the devil be the judge

Nah.....

Duct tape solves a multitude of problems!

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"nothing like a little meow in bed at night" ~ Bruskey

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"Fill your hand you son of a *****!"