No, this is not how about Mary being a little Imelda with lots of shoes or her love of shoes.

Its about how shoes “accidentally” drop off from her feet when she gets in the car.  Every time.  As soon as she is strapped in her car seat, whatever shoes (sandals, crocs, tennis shoes…) she’s wearing? They  drop to the floor.

Dad insists that Mary takes them off deliberately and should just stop doing it.  Mary insists that the shoes just fall off by themselves.  Me, I don’t mind as long as Mary puts them back on, with minimum delay, as soon as we get to our destination (which she rarely does and becomes the bone of contention between us.)

Mary explained to me what happens.  We all know that she is a toe-walker — she stands, walks, runs on her tippy-toes about 90% of the time.  She said that, as soon as she sits on her car seat, her feet points straight downward and the shoes just fall off.  Sometimes, even her socks follow.  Hmmm…

Like I said and like I have told Mary, unlike her Dad who insists the she keeps her shoes on in the car, I do not mind.  As long as she gets them back on right away. 

…We’re still working on that.