If You Give a Mom Laced Shoes...

If You Give a Mom shoes with laces,

she'll have to sit down to tie them.

If she sits down to tie them,
she'll probably sit on a plop of oatmeal.

If she sits on a plop of oatmeal,
she might have to go upstairs and change her pants.

If she goes upstairs to change her pants,
she'll probably see herself in the mirror.

If she sees herself in the mirror,
she might need to brush her hair, fix her ponytail and put on a bit of mascara.

If she sees the overflowing laundry basket she added her oatmeal-ed pants to,
she'll probably have to collect all the laundry from all the bedrooms.

If she tries to collect all the laundry,
she'll have to venture into The Boy Room.

If she goes into The Boy Room,
she'll probably start turning all the wadded pajamas on the floor right-side-out, straighten the beds, lay out jammies for the coming evening, check the "clothing squares" to make sure everyone has things to wear for the week, and straighten the pictures above the crib.

When she's comes downstairs, she'll realize she was supposed to bring down the laundry she was collecting. She'll go back up to get it all.

She'll put the laundry in the washer, and sit down to tie her shoes.

And chances are, if she sits down to tie her shoes, she'll sit on a plop of oatmeal.

THE END

 The moral of the story: Buy Mom slip-ons - $13 at Walmart and worth every penny :-)