Re: Tips document

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Oh! I hate those laces! lol... they put them in boy's shoes, like

those *skate* shoes (used to be tennis shoes lol) and they come loose

on the outside, the inner core remains and you can never get them

back through the holes! But hey... if it works it works!

I think you must have a pair of the old shoes or something because

they put really long laces in them now. They used to be short, I

talked to Jay about it and when the new ones came out they had nice

long laces. Yet shorter straps...

I emailed Naomi, haven't heard from her in a while so I will let you

know when I hear back. Yes, we need to do some editing, if only to

make the change for the U of Iowa url.

thanks for the info! I just find it funny that those are the one

kind of lace I try to avoid at all costs now with my boys shoes

:~} They do tie nicely though.

Kori

At 12:58 PM 2/1/2006, you wrote:

>Kori,

>I have a tip that you might want to add to the tips document. Get

>new, longer, thicker shoe laces! This has been talked about before

>but I never really thought of it as a " help " , more as a " cute thing

>that the kids would like " . I went looking for something cute, i.e.

>spiderman or such but couldn't find anything at the store I was at

>(walmart) except Dora (not cool for Sammy!). Anyway so I found these

>little navy blue and white laces that are " oval " shaped, it's supposed

>to help keep them tied. So I bought the 45 " ones. Let me tell you,

>this has made tying and untying Sammy's shoes SO much easier, it is

>not even funny. They are thicker and kind of a weird nylon/synthetic

>material (but not slick). The extra length is so nice, let's me get

>the laces nice and loose without having to worry about them coming out

>of the first hole, oh and because they are a little thicker they don't

>slip around in the holes. I never could tie a knot in the end of the

>laces because they were too short. Now I have plenty of shoestring to

>hold onto while tying and can tie a double knot with no problem.

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>Also, I have been meaning to ask you if you have a word doc version of

>the most recent version of the tips? or if you could get Naomi to

>send it to you in that form? I know she is super busy right now so if

>it is okay with both of you I could certainly work on it a bit. I

>know you have been wanting to add stuff to it so I'd be glad to help.

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>Mom to Jenna (4/7/01) & Sammy (9/25/04, RCF, Dobbs' brace, 14hrs/day)

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