Sooo....we're trying the whole shoes thing...

Shoes are not Esther's friends.

She has no clue why we would subject her to the torture of wearing heavy and restrictive objects on her feet.

Today I put these (still one size too big) sneakers on her, and after an initial protest she then had them on for approximately...3 minutes before they came off. Hey, it's a start!

Esther poses for a photo in her new sneakers:

She then stands in them for a little while (please ignore the spot of spaghetti sauce on her pants leg):

Then attempts to remove them with her MOUTH:

Which she then realizes is kind of goofy:

Then she does some stretching and warm-up exercises in her new running shoes, just to break them in: