No-Shoe Zone

We are already on about Day 20 or so of not allowing shoes in the house, and I can honestly say if you have a crawler in the house at all, this is definitely a keeper! Our crawler gets everywhere and it gets exhausting chasing after him with a dustpan just so he won't choke on little black pieces of crap he finds and puts in his mouth immediately. I can't say this lifestyle will stick after he stops putting crap in his mouth though, because it's also a little annoying when you have to run back in just to get something else real quick that you forgot, or you don't have a good place outside the door to keep your shoes. But it might stick, because I don't have to vacuum as much anymore! And when I clean the floors to where you could literally eat off them, it is fun not having to do it again so quickly! That actually might trump how annoying it is to take them off and on all the time. It is nice. I can lie down on the living room floor knowing junk from the street is not getting in my hair, and when I am walking around barefoot it doesn't feel nasty and like I should just go ahead and put shoes on so it doesn't feel nasty.