Piper and I had had many discussions on earrings and ear piercing and Bob and I decided that at 5 she could get it done. She was really hesitant and we thought, hey that's cool, she can do it when she is ready. Well then my brother Matt and his family came to visit for Thanksgiving and it only took a few days of completely idolizing his 11 year old daughter Erica to convince her that she needed her ears pierced. No sooner did they leave for the airport that we were heading to the mall.
She did great! They did both ears at the same time so that was a huge help. I was seriously afraid that she would get one done and that would be it. She picked out rubies to get them pierced with and although I would have never picked those (but Piper always chooses exactly the opposite of what I would do- fun times ahead I'm sure!) she looks very cute.
I see several trips to Claire's in my future. In a completely "OMG I am old" moment I realized that there was not one pair of appropriate earring for someone of my age. How did this happen? Another crazy fallout of the whole experience was the reaction we got from some people. "I can't believe Bob let her do that!" Okay so they can believe that I would because I guess I poke holes in children all of the time and they expect it from me? I have to say these comments made him question his protective Daddiness. I mean it's not like she asked to pierce her belly button or nipples. We're pretty sure we would have said no to those ;)
3 comments:
Cute!!! :)
How sweet! I remember my days in Claires too...when did we get old?
It sounds like she did great! K hasn't mentioned earrings in a long time - we told her when she's 7. Did I ever tell you that I passed out after I had mine done? :p
I think she looks so cute and she was old enough to choose this! :)
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