We came in after playing outside today and I told the girls to take of their shoes (as we always do when we come home). The girls don't have a problem doing this when they're riding in the car--in fact they've been known to take of their shoes and socks on car rides. But they always seem to conveniently forget how to do this by themselves once we get home. So you can imagine my surprise (thankfulness!) when we came inside and Ellen not only took off her shoes when I asked, but she then proceeded to neatly put them on our shoe tray in the sunroom. Woohoo! Sophie got one shoe off by herself (as you can see she's still working on the second one). But I realized later that I think this is noteworthy. Perhaps a minor milestone. Cause for celebration, actually!