I found a comment on yesterday's blog entry ironic and had to chuckle.  This has been a rare week, in that one of the children has been not only without shoes, but without pants!  In fact, in the very photo that sparked the comment, there is a reason the camera only caught Keegan from the waist up! I guess it goes to show that while I try to be real on my blog, I don't show everything.    

Posted by MamaMahnken

What's that boy doing watching a video? Shouldn't he be on the potty?? hehe. On a different note, I can not belive that your kids are fully dressed, shoes and all, in the house. It has only been in the past say six months or so that I have been able to convince my kids of the neccesity of wearing clothes in the house, but even now its just jammies all day, or, their personal choice, leotards. If I asked them to wear shoes in the house, they'd think I was crazy! They may have a point :)

Typically, we are all dressed before breakfast shoes and all.  It is just our habit, and works well for us.   Ken can count on being able to take a child on errands at whim, and we are almost always ready for company (so come on by!)  Just another quirky PrairieFrog preference.  I can see the appeal of being a laid-back "jammies and sock-foot" kind of home too.  

The children like what they are used to though, and mine feel odd not wearing shoes.  Keegan didn't much mind not wearing pants for our first stage of potty training, but found being denied shoes quite tramatic at first!

He might not be wearing shoes (and even lacking a few other usual garments), but he's an excellent little potato scrubber!  He helped me with the prep work in making ragout for dinner tonight.

He's also doing great with potty training!  Today is day 4, and he's been nearly accident free the past two days!  We will see how he does when we ease off on the intensity though.  Church on Sunday will be a big test!