Shoes, shoes, and More Shoes!

I just don't understand the fascination with the shoes and the dirty mat they reside on. But my Sweet Pea LOVES them.
She brings her blanket over moves all the shoes she doesn't like and sits in the mat. ("in" because there is a lip on it) She rubs her hands all over in the dirt and chews on the yellow laces of my Hubby's running shoes.

If she doesn't take her blanket over, it's the green door mat. Even more disgusting. She thinks that the mat is a blanket. Funny little girl.