Shoes with Handles

On Sunday, we were getting ready for church and getting in the car when Isabelle dramatically exclaims that the shoes she had one were not adequate for church-going and she needed to run back in for her shoes 'with handles.' This was all quite confusing for both Michael and I but we have learned to never question her judgment when it came to things this important so both said we would wait. Minutes later she emerged from her room with these......... I think she is referring to the high-heels when describing the proper church shoes. We had to get a picture of mommy and her in our handle shoes. And then, we had to get a picture with Liv at Isabelle's request. We walked into church and Isabelle points down at all the ladies' feet as we passed them..."See mom, everyone at church wears handles. See, mom, everyone everywhere." She walked among the women with high heels like a pro.

One of my best friends, Heather Massey, teaches Isabelle's primary class and when I went to pick her up after church, Heather met me at the door laughing. "Nice shoes," she said as she pointed to Isabelle's plastic princess shoes. She then said a visitor had come to the class that day and as his mom dropped him off she said she was so embarrassed because they forgot to pack church shoes so all he had was his sandals. "That's all right," Heather said laughing, and pointing to the chair next to Belle, she added, "Just have him go sit next to Isabelle, she's got her Costco princess shoes on. He's going to fit right in!" I guess the fact that the teacher even noticed her shoes and that they were indeed of royalty made Isabelle beam all the more. She was so excited to have the visiting sunbeam, with his 'beach shoes' as Isabelle told me, sit 'by her lap.' It was a very good day at church...for all of us, beach shoes, shoes with handles....all was welcome!

.....No one ask Isabelle about the wicked blisters she is sporting after wearing those church shoes for the entire block. We've got band-aids on 8 of her ten toes. But no one is going to bring that up with her, that would spoil the memory, now wouldn't it.