Ballet shoes

Yesterday I plunked down $75 for some new pointe shoes for Emily. I am pretty naive about how often I need to buy these for her. Her first pair lasted a year. These lasted 5 months. I thought for sure they would last at least 9 months. But since she is on them a lot..... if they last 4 months we're lucky. I don't mind though cuz she really enjoys dancing. I keep reminding her though that she should feel lucky cuz if she was born around the same time as her brothers that there would be no way we could afford this. But since she's the baby and 6 1/2 years between her and Nathan......we can do this. Emily will be performing on pointe next month. I can't wait!!
You can see her old shoes. The picture doesn'tdo it justice cuz the actual toe of one of the shoes broke.
BTW.....I got all my homework done!!!!