The Sockness Monster

Evie likes her socks.  Unfortunately, she has grown out of the ones that she has the greatest affinity towards.  So, today we went to buy her some new socks that would actually stay on her feet.  She was excited -- she got to pick out five new pairs!  As we left The Gap, she proudly carried her bag as she walked alongside me. When we got home, she wanted to try on all five pairs.  At once.  Her feet looked gigantic and she was slipping all over the place, but she LOVED it. 

Wearing socks that won't stay on

Prior to today's excursion, Evie has been parading around wearing socks that don't even stay over her heels.  They start off looking like they're going to fit and after a few steps they've slipped down to the point where she may as well not be wearing any.  She has found other uses for these socks, often taking them off and putting them on her hands as mittens.  She gets a kick out of the fact that she can't use her fingers when they're covered with socks. 

Socks as mittens

For a little while, we were worried that Evie was "behind" on knowing her colors.  She proved me wrong on this the other night.  While she can't say the words of colors, she does know those words and the colors themselves.  It's been a bit chilly in her bedroom so we have been putting socks on her before bed.  When I went to put on a pair, she insisted "no!". 

"Evie, here, choose between these green socks and these yellow socks."

"No no no!"

Ugh.  What could she want? "Evie, do you not want to wear socks tonight?"

"Nooooooooo."

"You do want to wear socks?"

"No <but shaking her head yes.  Which means yes. We're working on that...>"

"Okay, how about the blue socks?"

"No."

"Red socks?"

"No! <Very excitedly shaking her head yes>"

"Ohhhh!  Your red socks.  Got it!" I realized at that moment that right before bed, Will had said "Go

Red Sox" to Evie as it was to be the final game in the World Series.  In a show of solidarity, Evie wanted to wear her red socks to bed.  Sadly, I could not find them!  I could find literally every other color but red.  Lucky for me it was dark enough in her room I was able to sneak a pair of pink socks on her feet and convince her they were red.  I wonder whether, were it supersticious Will putting her to bed, if he would've turned her room upside down looking for the actual red socks.  Now that we know the pink socks worked to help them win, we'll have to remember that for future important games. 

Anyway, the next step in all of this is for Evie to perfect how to put on her own socks.  She's working on it.  She has gotten pretty good at putting on her own shoes.  And she certainly knows how to take off her shoes and socks (though she only seems to do it when I don't want her to, like in the stroller or in the car). She is always so proud of herself when she masters a skill like this, so I'm trying to help her learn it a little more each day.