Today, I attempted to purchase shoes for my daughters, who are 5 and 7. Let's just say it was an epic fail.
Rewind a bit - in October, I went to NYC and stopped in at the Terra Plana Store. I purchased some Vivo Barefoot Kids Pallys for the girls - they are black Mary Janes. They got last season's shoes, so they were only around $40 a pop if I recall correctly. While I know some people don't like to spend much on kids shoes, my girls have very small feet and tend to wear their shoes into the ground rather than outgrow them. We've found that it pays to purchase quality shoes for them as well, since they've to date never outgrown a shoe before it fell apart.
They both LOVE their Terra Planas. Love them. My 7 year old even convinced the gym teacher that she should be able to wear them instead of athletic shoes.
Anyhow, they won't even wear Chuck Taylors. There we were in sears, and the girls were going back and forth about ALL of the shoes...
"Does Terra Plana make sneakers? Because none of these are as good as my Terra Planas."
"Yeah - I can't move my toes in these."
"Yeah - and they are stiff in the middle. How am I supposed to wear that?"
"Look, this one doesn't even bend at all."
"Mom, do they make those toe-shoes you have for kids?"
"Let's go back to New York City and go to the Terra Plana Store again."
"Maybe there's a Terra Plana in Boston. We could go there."
"MOM! SOME GUY JUST LOOKED AROUND THE AISLE AND STARTED LAUGHING AT ME!"
"WHY ARE ALL THESE PEOPLE LAUGHING AT US!"
Rewind a bit - in October, I went to NYC and stopped in at the Terra Plana Store. I purchased some Vivo Barefoot Kids Pallys for the girls - they are black Mary Janes. They got last season's shoes, so they were only around $40 a pop if I recall correctly. While I know some people don't like to spend much on kids shoes, my girls have very small feet and tend to wear their shoes into the ground rather than outgrow them. We've found that it pays to purchase quality shoes for them as well, since they've to date never outgrown a shoe before it fell apart.
They both LOVE their Terra Planas. Love them. My 7 year old even convinced the gym teacher that she should be able to wear them instead of athletic shoes.
Anyhow, they won't even wear Chuck Taylors. There we were in sears, and the girls were going back and forth about ALL of the shoes...
"Does Terra Plana make sneakers? Because none of these are as good as my Terra Planas."
"Yeah - I can't move my toes in these."
"Yeah - and they are stiff in the middle. How am I supposed to wear that?"
"Look, this one doesn't even bend at all."
"Mom, do they make those toe-shoes you have for kids?"
"Let's go back to New York City and go to the Terra Plana Store again."
"Maybe there's a Terra Plana in Boston. We could go there."
"MOM! SOME GUY JUST LOOKED AROUND THE AISLE AND STARTED LAUGHING AT ME!"
"WHY ARE ALL THESE PEOPLE LAUGHING AT US!"