Saturday, March 27, 2010

pink sparkly hearts

last saturday pete and I got to go on a real date.  his mom was in town and we took a few afternoon hours to ourselves...it was really nice to be together.  we went to the mall so that pete could get his new glasses looked at, and I happened to make a stop at claire's.  because I am secretly still 15 and like to go look at all those earrings and glittered hair accessories.  I bought some little metal flower ear bobs that came in about 10 different colors.

when we got home eden was enamored with my purchase.  she wanted to wear those "beautiful earrings" like mommy does.  I told her she had to have holes in her ears and it would feel like a shot, and that she would cry.  she said she wouldn't cry...and that she wanted holes like mommy.  she'd said this before, but I just dismissed it like the other times.  the next morning she kept saying the same thing.  she wouldn't cry...she wanted to wear mommy's earrings.  so, to walmart we went.  I was prepared for her to see the little ear hole making guns and turn the other way.  but she didn't!  they put little dots on her ears, two walmart ladies stood on either side of her, and she kept smiling. until...they fired.  then the tears flowed.

thankfully, they were short lived.  and her beautiful pink sparkly heart earrings (that she picked out) look so sweet in her little ears.  I had to wait until I was a lot older to get my ears pierced.  it was a family rule.  a right of passage into grown-up girlhood.  I guess I have decided that my girls can get them done whenever they ask and are willing to go through with it.  in el paso little girls get their ears pierced right after they leave the birth canal.  I think it is all just cultural. 

and in case you were wondering.  I won't just let her get a tattoo whenever she asks.  I got one when I was 17 and am going to advise all of my kids to wait a few years after that to decide on permanent inkage.  I won't let her do a lot of things whenever she asks.  but earrings, I'm cool with.

8 comments:

thedunns said...

Wow, what a big girl! I love that you captured the exact moment that she got them pierced. The look on her face is priceless! What a special event to share with your little girl & oh, how beautiful her sparkly earrings are in her cute little ears :) Yea Eden!!!!!

thesheldon4 said...

love it. we got L's pierced at Wal-Mart too...last summer when she asked. such a special moment! yay for Eden! :)

katie davis said...

you sure are beautiful. so is sweet eden. she's gonna love the one where she's crying when she's older!

Sarah said...

Love these beauts!

keight dukes said...

i am in love with that precious crying picture. not that she's in pain but how you can just tell she's telling herself its worth it for the pink sparklies. way to go eden!

Anonymous said...

"girls get their ears pierced right after they leave the birth canal"......lol!!! i love it! Eden looks so cute and i bet you're a proud mama for how tough she was sticking out the pain. go Eden!

AtlantaMama said...

OH MY GOSH!!!!!! It hurts me to watch.... But SO SUPER CUTE now that it's done. ; ) And yay for a REAL DATE night for yall! It's hard on folks who don't have family near by to catch a break. I'm glad you got to!

becbags said...

ok, where is THAT dress of yours from? are you gonna tell me ross dress for less? also, eden's screaming face is hilarious, in an "i feel bad for her" sort of way.