Earrings

While on our trip to the mountains, Shelly got to take out her earrings and change them for the first time. She chose her pretty cross earrings to be the first ones that she would wear.

Her ears/earrings before the big change over:




A slightly blurry image of the new earrings, but you get the point.

Pretty Little Ears

Shelly got her ears pierced. Why did I let my 6 1/2 year old get her ears pierced? Because I was tired of the annoying clip on earrings that end up hurting her ears after just a short period of time. So, instead of investing in more clip-on earrings, I decided to just pierce away. Lily was very enthusiastic about this decision and could hardly wait for us to get Shelly's ears pierced. As a family, we went to Claire's for the big event. Shelly had no idea what we were up to, but she was very happy when she realized. And, she was super brave and only shed a quick couple of tears after the event. Now, we need to clean and turn those earrings for two months. 

Switching Out Earrings!

Last night we decided to officially change Lily's earrings. She did such a great job with the newly pierced ears. Every day we cleaned them and turned the earrings and it seems to have paid off. The hole looked great when we made the earring change and the new earrings went in perfectly. In 24 hours, she has worn three different pairs of earrings. I think she is seriously getting into the whole thing and loving it!!!

"Daddy said I could..."

get her ears pierced!!! So, off we went to Claire's to get the job done.The previous agreement was age 13 for ear piercing, but somewhere along the way the age kept lowering and finally we just gave into it. We realized it really wasn't that big of a deal to let her have them done now. She was thrilled and FULL of nervousness as we entered the store. She selected the sweetest little CZ floral earrings and the saleslady got busy with ear prepping. This seemed to take quite a long time and I could see that Lily was getting more anxious than ever. (Notice her holding mousey blanket!)Finally, the piercing was completed and I got a smile out of her. The smile quickly faded and she went into I'm-about-to-faint mode! I had her sit on the stool for a while until the color came back to her face and she was ready to stand. She selected three sets of earrings and we hurriedly checked out. Once in the car, she began to calm down and I got her a cheeseburger and iced water. After relaxing and enjoying her lunch, she was good as new. And loving her new earrings!