Toe shoes

Hannah is going en pointe. You cannot imagine the excitement associated with this. It’s the holy grail of her girlhood. The teacher approved her to move up, the doctor approved her to move up, and so last night she finally got to get her toe shoes. There was a great fuss about it, which is only appropriate. Many shoes were tried, many were rejected. She wore a pair for a while, but her teacher wasn’t satisfied with her fit. Another pair was tried, but they weren’t the brand favored by the school’s headmistress, which caused much nervousness until my daughter’s feet were presented to Miss Madeline, and she declared the fit to be satisfactory. Success!

Ballet shoes always require some assembly — the elastic and the ribbon do not come attached to the shoes. Miss Christine told Hannah that if she’s old enough to go en pointe, she’s old enough to sew her own shoes, and showed her how to do it.

I can’t even deal with how big my girls are getting.