Amy go her ears pierced!
Amy got her ears piereced today. It was a spur of the moment type thing. Joann Fabrics is next to Claire’s and I went to Joanns to buy buttons and serger cones. Amy has been asking about having her ears pierced for awhile. A customer came by the other day with her 15 month old baby and the baby had pierced ears and that heighted Amy’s interest. So today we wandered into Claires and I said she could do it if she wanted to. I didn’t put any pressure on at all in any way.
Heck… I was 13 when I got mine pierced, and for awhile I thought about making Amy hold out looking at 13 like it was a magical thing where she could finally get her ears pierced. But I decided that she is a girly girl, she likes her bling, and there is nothing wrong with having pierced ears in this day and age.
I hadn’t even talked to Pat about it, was pretty sure he wouldn’t care (he didn’t). We went in Claire’s first. There was another girl probably 8/9 who went first and she didn’t cry or shout out in any way, and actually smiled between ears. Amy was still unsure, so we went to Joanns to take care of our business, came back out (they are next door to each other). I told Amy, you can do what ever you want. But if you want to get them pierced now would be a good time, I can’t promise we’ll always be able to do it on the spur of the moment like this. And she decided she wanted it!
Amy is 4 1/2. She had her 4 year old shots, which she handled about the same, except there was no proud moment at the end.. LOL! And she also got stung by a bee this summer. And I’d told her it didn’t hurt any worse than her shots or the bee sting. What I thought was interesting, she cringed after the first one, warranted, it does hurt, they got in the second one. (Thank god b/c they told me if she said “no” they couldn’t do the second one. She didn’t even come close to saying no in any way. Just was cringing b/c it did hurt.) The minute she saw her new bling bling ears in the mirror all fussing stopped, she was thrilled. In the car on the way home AFTER she’d figured out when she was going to school again (little show off) she said… PSHHH… that didn’t hurt. Pop in one ear, pop in the next… done!
LOL! That’s my girl.
