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Most everything comes pretty easy for my boys. Other than barely uttering a word before he turned three, Jackson has mostly been ahead of the game. The kid has been reading since preschool, doing math that required me to bust out a calculator when he was in kindergarten, and he’s already learned most of his multiplication tables just for fun. If I hadn’t been in the delivery room when he arrived I might have a few questions right about now. My point is, he’s a pretty sharp kid, but I think I finally found his weakness… tying his shoes..jpg "20101113_5608 copy")
He wears velcro shoes most of the time, so we haven’t put in much practice time. In preschool he decided he wanted to learn on his cleats and it didn’t go too well. He got these shoes last year, and again, it wasn’t a huge success as you can see here. He gets better, but then the velcro is back, and he forgets about if for awhile. .jpg "20101113_5612 copy")
I don’t know what reminded him this time, but he’s been on a mission lately. Let me tell you, when this kid has trouble with a mission, serious frustration follows. .jpg "20101113_5613 copy")
I guess when most things come easy, and you finally find something you can’t seem to conquer, you want to give up..jpg "20101113_5615 copy")
Then you want to try again..jpg "20101113_5617 copy")
Then give up..jpg "20101113_5620 copy")
You may even want to cry,.jpg "20101113_5621 copy")
but then you try again..jpg "20101113_5623 copy")
Then you have a mini panic attack,.jpg "20101113_5624 copy")
that turns into a bigger panic attack,.jpg "20101113_5626 copy")
then you try again..jpg "20101113_5627 copy")
Finally you have a full on melt down,.jpg "20101113_5629 copy")
and beg for mercy from the shoe tying Gods..jpg "20101113_5630 copy")
After all that, your Mom distracts you with something, and you try again another day. .jpg "20101114_5633 copy")
He finally got it a few times, but it is far from mastered. It made him feel a little better to know that his brother didn’t really get it until he was eight, and to be honest, isn’t that great at it to this day. I have a feeling we’ll have a few more days of frustrations, but I’m thinking as long as he gets it by the time he’s eight, he’ll consider that victory.
