A shoe lovers dream

My children love shoes.  Dello Russo currently has the largest shoe collection (more than 4,000 pairs), but I would not be surprised to learn if either Oliver or Henni take the title at some point in the future.  One issue we have with respect to taking over the world title is that we are not able to add to our collection - because little feet keep growing, we are repeatedly starting our collection anew.  Given the rate at which Oliver and Henni's feet grow, and their "need" for multiple pairs of shoes (to go with said outfit, to bike, to run fast, to stomp in puddles...), and Henni's love for pictures of herself, I jumped at the chance for Henni to be a shoe model (paid in shoes, of course).

Henni was a high maintenance model.  The other children at the shoot happily put on the shoes they were given and played with the toys they were handed.  Henni tried on all of the available shoes, several times over.  She changed her outfit three times (no other child changed their outfit).  She refused to play with the toys.  She sampled the drinks and snacks (the only child to do so).  She also kept the shoes on for a very short period of time (10-15 minutes) giving the photographer a very short window to take her picture (the other kids kept their shoes on for the full hour and a half).  Despite the challenges Henni presented, the photographer did an incredible job and managed to take some wonderful pictures of Henni.  And - I ran into the owner of the shoe company (Zooligans) at the dog park the other morning and I am told there is a picture of Henni on their Facebook page and that Henni will be on the cover of their new product catalog, and that her images will be used in other publications etc.  Pretty neat.  But my favorite part is that we have some really nice pictures of Henni (and a super cute new pair of shoes).

Here are some of the images from the shoot: