You make a loop de loop and pull....

Having Brantley learn to tie his own shoes has not really been a top priority. Most of the shoes for his age don't have laces or even velcro. They just slip on so there hasn't been a push to tie shoes. I've tried a few times to teach him and got so frustrated that I quit every time. I finally decided that he was going to learn to tie his shoes this weekend and he did. It's one of those things that so simple yet so tough to teach. It finally clicked for him and he can tie a perfect shoelace bow now. The whole thing reminded me of the spongebob episode where he forgets how to tie his shoes. There's a cute song in that episode about tying shoes. Here are the lyrics.

Want to learn how to tie your shoe?
It's a very easy thing to do.
Sit on down and I'll give you the scoop.
What's that?
It's called the loop-dee-loop!
You take a lace in each hand.
You go over and under again.
You make a loop de loop and pull,
And your shoes are looking cool.
You go over and back,
Left to right,
Loop de loop
And you pull em tight.
Like bunny ears
Or a Christmas bow.
Lace em up
And you're ready to go!
You make a loop de loop and pull,
And your shoes are looking cool.
(Instrumental solo)
You make a loop de loop and pull,
And your shoes are looking cool.