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Bubbles headed back to school today after the 1-month June holidays. (I homeschool my older 2, and Bubbles goes to our church kindergarten program in the nursery class 3 hours a day.) She was so excited!
She had outgrown her trainers, (athletic shoes, sneakers, whatever you want to call them. Here in Singapore they call them trainers.) so I took her out yesterday after church to get a new pair. Oh, my goodness, her new shoes were a size 13!
I remember when my oldest, Dancing Queen was born, the first thing I said when they put her in my arms was, "What big feet she has!" And she did. The sweet little pink booties my parents sent all the way from the US were already too small for her at 1 day old. Today, at age 10, she's wearing a size 5, already bigger than many of the Chinese adult ladies here in Singapore.
What is it about these daughters of mine that they have such big feet? I wear a respectable size 8, large by Singapore standards where the average size is probably somewhere between a size 4 and size 6, but certainly not anything shocking, considering I'm a 100% typical American with European roots. (Can you call that typical anymore? Probably not, but you know what I mean.)
Dancing Queen isn't exceptionally tall. In fact, most of her friends her age, and even a year younger, are all taller than her. Sweet little Bubbles, though, does seem to top the charts in terms of height. She generally is thought to be older than she is, and is certainly taller than most of the other children in her class.
What ever happened to those sweet little feet that I used to kiss and tickle and play "This Little Piggy Went to Market" with? Sigh. My baby is growing up too fast! |
Size 13 for a 4-year-old! She's already caught up with her 9-year-old brother's shoe size! The amazing thing is, her feet don't look exceptionally large. I think they fit her body proportions just fine. I mean, I don't look at her and wonder why she's wearing skis or anything.Comments
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