Erin Napier has HGTV fans feeling all the feels with a rare glimpse of her daughter Helen on her first day of ballet. See what the “Home Town” star shared about Helen’s sweet annual tradition — and why fans can’t believe how quickly she’s growing up.
Erin Napier Shares Photo of Daughter Helen’s Six-Year Ballet Tradition
On August 25, Napier took to Instagram to share two photos of her daughter Helen carrying the same bag to ballet every year.
“Six years of first day of ballet, same little bag,” she wrote.
Fans flooded the comments section, with many sharing their own ballet experiences
“My little is 14 this year and still carries her ‘ballerina bunnies’ bag (that she’s had since pre-school) to dance,” one fan wrote. “I offered to buy her a new, more ‘grown-up’ one … but she just looked at me like I offended her. Watching them grow sure is bittersweet. 🥰”
Another fan wrote, “I started ballet at 4 (my mom was a professional dancer). That was 50+ years ago, and I still have the little bag my Nana had made for me that says ‘Cindy’s Dancing Shoes’. ❤️”
“I love traditions! This bag, a perfect example! Your kids are incredibly lucky to have you and Ben as parents,” one follower commented.
Other fans were floored to see Napier’s daughter so grown up. “She’s so big noooo,” one fan wrote.
Another fan noted, “The bag is shrinking 😉🥰.”
“I’ve cried enough today and now this,” one commenter shared.
One fan even pointed out how much of a mini-me Helen is, even though Napier never shows her daughters’ faces in photos on social meida. “It’s wild how much she looks like you from the back!” a fan wrote.
Others wrote, “No!! I swear that was only two years ago,” “Aww so sweet how the bag has gotten smaller as she’s grown. They grow up so fast ❤️,” “And the perfect ballet bun. She’s a pro!” and “She is turning into a young lady😢😢.”
Erin Napier Reveals How Her Family ‘Figured Out How to Slow Down the Clock’
On July 23, Napier took to Instagram to share photos from a family beach vacation, including one of herself walking hand in hand with her daughters, Mae and Helen.
“Mae is about to start kindergarten. The night before Helen went to kindergarten, I drove to the store after she was in bed to get bacon for her special breakfast the next day,” the HGTV star shared in the caption.
Napier continued, “I turned on the song we listened to coming home from the hospital when she was born and cried so hard I couldn’t catch my breath, feeling her babyhood ending with such finality. I called my mama who laughed, because she didn’t have any memory of my first day of kindergarten.”
“The great upside to homeschooling is I don’t have that feeling at all this time,” she wrote. “We bought her school supplies and she was giddy putting those Ticonderogas and a 3 ring binder in the buggy. I’ll be there when she reads a sentence for the first time and she’s so excited to read a book on her own soon.”
She added, “We’ve figured out how to slow down the clock and savor these little years.”
