Leah gets her ears pierced
Leah’s 7 now, which means she can get her ears pierced. And she wanted to do it as soon as she could. Due to activities, we couldn’t get it done right after her birthday. But we made a plan to go on Friday, September 30. And then Jen had her accident that day, delaying things.
We played it by ear, hoping Jen would feel up to it shortly. The following Monday, the girls had a day off school and Jen thought she was ready to try leaving the house (not driving herself, of course). So, we all headed to Piercing Pagoda at the mall (which was empty).
Leah wanted to get some birthstone earrings for her initial set, but they were sold out. However, she found some lovely butterfly ones. There was also only one person working at the time since it was slow, so she wouldn’t be able to have both ears done simultaneously as Molly had. Despite this, she was eager to get them pierced right then.
So, she sat in the chair and eagerly expected it. Here she is with the ink dots already drawn ready to get them.
And here is the piercing itself. She has a big flinch when it happens, but she never cries. And good job to her piercer for piercing the second quickly before there was any chance of a second thought.
And here she is with her freshly pierced ears, smiling and loving them. Now she’s anxiously counting down the days to when she is allowed to change them to a different pair.
you “played it…BY EAR”? buh dum CRASH, as Brooks would say!
Glad J is recovered (although I realize we’re still not fully there in “blog post time”)