New Balance Kid's Rave Run V2 Lace-Up Running Shoe, Raincloud/Dream State/Nb Navy, 7 W Big Kid

A few years ago when Nike stopped making my preferred style of running shoes, after a long search I ended up with the New Balance Rebels. Since then, there has been no looking back, and my daughter is now following "in my footsteps." This is the third round of New Balance shoes we've bought for my 4 year old - the only gripe in the past has been that the Velcro strap at the top of many of the shoes ended up falling apart well before the rest of the shoe did. Fortunately, my daughter is finally big enough for these all lace version, and the laces seem to be a really nice high quality. She's been wearing the shoes for a few weeks now, and they still look brand new - which is impressive given how hard my daughter can be on shoes. I will say we needed to get the "wide" version of these shoes rather than the normal version, which he had always gotten in the past. I'm not sure if that specific to these shoes or just how my daughter's feet are growing - but may be something worth trying. Size-wise we were exactly where we expected to be. I will say we bought the version that looks "purple," and they are much bluer in real life than they looked on two different screens - My daughter initially had a bit of a break down saying she thought we'd ordered the purple ones. After she got them on though, she immediately did what all kids do and started running around making "whoosh," noises. Overall, very happy with these. I just wish there were a few more color ways.