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There’s nothing like a pair of shoes to bring out the girlie-girl in
Elizabeth. Elizabeth has several pairs of shoes and several pairs of
slippers. Lately she has been demanding to wear one patent leather
shoe and one sneaker. That’s all that will do. I’ve given in to her
when we’re here at the house, but I draw the line when it comes to
wearing mismatched shoes in public. The last few times we’ve left the
house, she’s thrown a tantrum because her shoes matched. One day she
figured that if I wasn’t going to let HER wear mismatched shoes then
maybe I could sport the mismatched shoes. She demanded that I put a
dress shoe on my right foot and my usual clog on my left foot. When I
didn’t cooperate . . . TANTRUM.

Oh, and it’s either barefoot or shoes and socks. If I take off her
shoes, she demands that her socks come off too.

When we do make it out of the house with shoes on, she makes sure
that people take note of her shoes. People will say “Hi Elizabeth”
and she’ll point to her shoes “shoe, shoe!” and then points to her
hair, “hair, hair.” First her shoes because she likes shoes and
second to her hair because people usually complement her curly hair.

So maybe she’s only half girlie-girl since she wears a sneaker. But,
if things progress at this rate, I have no doubt that she will give
Imelda Marcos ( http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/
1173911.stm ) a run for the money.