"Of course they are. Didn't you learn that from mum whenever we were in trouble? Arthur, your boys are at it again!" he said, doing an almost eerily accurate impersonation of his mother.
"I didn't think it would be that big of a deal! I thought they were pretty enough..." he shrugged, frowning just a bit. What did he know about shoes?
"If I can just get him to put them on, I can stick them to make them stay. Maybe if you hold him down..."