Ahh, parenting! With just 2 days left of school for Isabelle, this is perfect timing.
A ruined pair of shoes.
Black shiny dress shoes with sparkles. Fit for a Princess. Not just for parties and special occasions, my Belle can be seen wearing shoes like this all the time. Even to school.
They were a favorite, can you tell?
Clothes and shoes rotate more than the bathroom door in this 4-girl household. It’s so hard to stay on top of what fits and what needs to be donated or tossed.
I would rather Isabelle’s items stay intact, so that they can be passed down to the twins. Yet it seems like the older she gets, the harder she is on her clothes and shoes. Less and less are making it to the ‘keep’ pile.
Just ‘my chaos’ or are your kids the same way?
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Try to think of it as evidence of a life well-lived!
(To put it in even sharper perspective…I use a wheelchair. I can’t walk at all. All my shoes last forever. But I wish they didn’t.)
I think part of it is that they grow slower and sometimes get a couple seasons out of their clothes.
Very true Alissa! Unless stained from spit-up, all the baby clothes look new!
i totally agree.. shoes go SO fast in this house, we lose them, and they get ruined within a week
Wow, I can tell for sure that those were one LOVED pair of shoes. LOL
Isn’t that funny?! She came running out of school like this. Wonder how long she would have worn them still, if I didn’t take them away? lol
My kids are the same way, use everuthing until it HAS to be tossed.
It’s the age. They do become harder on their stuff mostly because they have favourites and wear them over and over until they wear out.
Aww that’s cute. I remember my shoes would get like that too!
I still get to keep pretty much everything, but less and less things tend to stay in “like new” condition like it was in a baby age
It is so tough to stay on top of it! It seems like a week after I clean the closet I need to return to it again and they have already outgrown half the stuff. Of course it isn’t a week, but with little kids time flies and it seems like it! Even though my girl is tough on her shoes, I find that the more expensive and comfortable ones have so much life left in them after she has outgrown them. I try to get gender neutral shoes so that her brother can wear them after her. We’ve had great success with Livie and Luca, Bobus, Umi, and Pediped. They are expensive, but I only get one pair per season and they get passed down to the next baby
Plus they are so comfortable and let the foot develop properly.
Anastasia – your comment brings something to mind. Yesterday I was cleaning out my oldests closet and I found 2 brand new pair of Pediped. She outgrew them before she could wear them once. Ahhh!!
They’ll be nice and new for the twins, but losing wear like that was upsetting!
Too many clothes, I need to get in there more often.
Oh I would be so upset! I have on many occasions found clothing that my toddler outgrew before wearing it. : (
I’m so glad I’m not the only one with this problem! I was finally able to convince my 4 year old to play “dress up” with her clothes so we could figure out which ones need to go because they’re too small!
Good idea Kat, it’s always frustrating to get them to try on a lot of clothes. Thanks for the idea!