Shoe connoisseurs

We've been constantly either at the bookstore or somewhere else indoors in the afternoons since it's not even safe to play outside with all of this ice. I had them outside for awhile yesterday morning, and they had a blast tossing ice pieces down the hill and watching them fragment into smaller pieces. Faith also insisted on having an "ice pop" haha. But, we had intended on trying to take a little walk, and I quickly nixed that after starting to walk up our hill and realizing they hadn't put enough salt down on the sidewalks to make it safe enough to walk. I had no idea how I would walk back down the hill holding on to both of their hands, and I wasn't going to risk a fall for either of them or for me and the baby. So, we threw our ice for about 45 minutes and came back inside.

But, anyway thank goodness for Barnes and Noble. And, besides the bookstore, we've been frequenting Target because they love to try on shoes. We're hopeful to get to Disney for once and for all within this next month, and have been looking for comfortable shoes for them considering all the walking they will be doing. They LOVE to try on shoes! They sit there forever walking around with their socks on and browsing the shelves for different shoes that they like. Faith found these brightly colored sandals in rainbow colors that she loved. She would not take them off, and since there is a string attached to them, she tripped while attempting to run with them on her feet. It was hilarious!

Today I took them to WalMart since we're still trying to price different shoes. I found some in Faith's size on sale for only $5, but unfortunately, they didn't have her exact size. She desperately wants princess shoes like her big Dee. The funniest part of the afternoon though was when they discovered that there was a mirror there in the shoe department. They were both sitting there putting their shoes back on their feet, and I glanced up and noticed Maddie was smiling at herself in the mirror. Not typical smiles, but very "princess-y" smiles. I laughed at her and asked her what she was doing, and she goes "Oh.... nothing!" with a smile on her face. A little bit later, she was doing it again and cocking her head to the sides. I asked her again, and she told me "I am practicing my beautiful smiles." Hahaha.

The best part about this all was that while Maddie practiced her "beautiful smiles," her little Dis was standing there making funny faces and sticking out her tongue while pulling her lips apart horizontally. They're too funny!