Big Day for the Big Girls

Jewel and Jane had asked us several months back (probably like last summer) if they could get their ears pierced (or, rather, punched). I said to Jimmy, "What about if they got them pierced for Valentine's day?"....which seemed so far away at the time. Well, here we are at Valentine's day and it was time to follow through with our promise!

So this past Saturday we had a family outing to get the girls ears "punched!" They did GREAT! Jewel went first, and the expression on her face in the picture below was as bad as it got...and it only lasted for a couple seconds. This was great encouragement for Jane, who I assumed might back out if she saw Jewel crying.

Jane did great as well. The little ear piercing gun got stuck on one of her ears for a few seconds, but she made it through just fine without a wimper or a tear!

Here are two girls who are super excited about having their ears pierced!

On the way home we were going over some of the rules and guidelines to follow. One of them was to not change their earrings for 6 weeks. I explained that this was to let their ears decide to get used to having holes in them so that the hole wouldn't close up. Jane prompty responded, "Oh, my ears have already decided that they want to have holes in them." :)...as if this would supersede the 6 week rule! :)

Overall, it was a fun and memorable experience!