Curse You Batman!

Sam's aggravated with us because we don't know how to tie his shoes 'underneath.' He said someone in his class ties them that way. I told Bryon it is the first of many times Sam will think we are uncool because we don't know what he's talking about.

To make it even uncool-er (more uncool, less cool) I went online and found a Web site dedicated to shoelaces in an attempt to find out just what he means.

So, much later tonight, when Sam is asleep, I will be referring to the Web site print-out instructing me how to lace his Batman shoes 'underneath.'

Perhaps I will be one of those mothers who plows down other parents at Wal-mart to get to the last Cabbage Patch Doll, Teddy Ruxpin, Tickle Me Elmo ...