Feeling Bunny-ish

Did you ever get the feeling you should be doing a way better job at your current occupation?

Dictionary.com defines occupation as any activity in which a person is engaged. So anything you are doing when you are doing it is your occupation.

So with that definition in mind, I, from time to time, get a feeling I could be doing way better at said occupation. Confused yet? Yeah me to.

Any-hoo, I shall give you an example. The current occupation I am lacking in at the moment is the teaching of my youngest child to tie her shoes. Not such a big deal you say... How old were you when you could tie your shoes? Five maybe six, possibly seven at the latest. I know I had the task mastered by the time I began kindergarten. I will say that it is mostly my doing that she doesn't know how to tie them. We have after all, avoided tieing shoes for as long as possible, but really unless I want my child wearing zstraps to college, I'm going to have to teach her this life skill.

So we have been working on this over the summer. Going with the bunny ears method for the time being. Earlier today we sat down with a shoe each and began to practice this and K, being K, needed to chatter.

"Did you know that shoe strings have bunny ears because they need to hear other people coming, and when you tie their ears in a knot, they hear so much better. Know why? Because it's like those big ugly hunting dogs you, know like that one in Lady and the Tramp. Yeah like that one, and oh, thanks mom a blood hound. Shoes are like blood hounds, their ears hang low to trap sound better.

Do your ears hang low to the bobble to and fro?
Can you tie the in a knot can you tie them in a bow?
Can you throw them over your shoulder like a compatenal soldier?
Do your ears hand low?

But when you untie your shoes, and take them off it's okay they don't have ears anymore, because since you don't have them on they don't have to protect your feet. Mommy, when I go to school for third grade my feet will need to be protected. Cause third grade kids like to step on your feet. So I'm glad I'm learning this. Hey Mommy, I'm hungry do you think we could have some carrots. I'm feeling a little bunny-ish so I want some carrots."


Yeah, she still doesn't know how to tie her shoes yet...