Oh to be three....

...and get away with wearing pink sparkly shoes with bright pink flowers.
JillyBean and I went to Richmond on Saturday to get some new shoes for her. She is good for summer with sandals, church shoes and tennis shoes, but really need a pair of closed-toed play shoes. We go to Saxon twice a year to get shoes for her - once in the fall and again in the spring. I adore the store and its selection of kids shoes. They typically carry higher end shoes, but they do such a great job fitting her that I don't mind paying a little extra since they seem to fit the entire season. The people who work there really know how to work with kids and know what to look for in the way of fit. I haven't really felt all that confident at the stores in town.

It was the sweetest thing, shoe shopping with her. She looked carefully at the choices I gave her and I was not surprised that these would be her favorite. She wore them out the store and got so many compliments from the other mall shoppers that you could see the pride bursting from her face. On the way home I was looking at her in my rear-view mirror and she was raising up her feet and smiling at her new shoes. Then she said, "Thank you so much for my new shoes, mommy. I really, really love them."