O.k. besides the bangs in her face. (She's a tween, what can I do?)Yes, she has her ears pierced!
Last weekend, Brian took the boys to a Riversharks game (baseball) and so it was just me and Athena. She had Girls Night Out all planned.
We went to the local mall and shopped at Justice. She spends a good part of each day "shopping" on line and putting together outfits so she knew just what she wanted. They were having a huge sale so I thought we might as well do some back-to-school shopping. I about fell over when Athena *had* to have black skinny jeans. This is the same girl that won't wear anything but lycra and elastic bands because jeans are "too restricting". Apparently, Selena Gomez (from the Disney Channel) wears them, so now jeans, and skinny ones at that, are o.k. I'm not ready for teenagers!
Then we had dinner at the food court and then headed to Claire's to get her ears pierced. After 2 years of waffling back and forth, her money savings and courage level finally coincided. She was still pretty nervous, but they put the piercing chair right by the walk-way --whether to provide entertainment to passers-by or to encourage the participant to not scream and cry, I'm not sure, but probably a combination of both. I had to sign and initial like 3 forms; which kind of made me feel like maybe they knew what they were doing.
Athena knew it would hurt but I think she was hoping it wouldn't really. After the first ear was done, she grabbed my hand--hers were cold and clammy. But it was over before she knew it, and the left ear stopped hurting right away. The right ear still tingled an hour later, and Athena who had poured over the fine print, worried that it might still hurt in 24 hours, and she would have to take out her earrings. She's a worrier, our Nina. I told her we'd see how it felt in the morning and luckily, they didn't hurt at all!
She picked out her birthstone (garnets) for her earrings. I think they look beautiful. She'll get to buy new ones right about when school starts--so I imagine she'll start a wish list on-line soon enough.
BTW--the boys enjoyed the baseball game, though what they liked most was being able to run the bases afterwards. Brian's comments consisted mostly of how much better soccer games are vs. baseball games, especially if you are taking kids. (A soccer game is only 90 min., you can explain the game easily(except for offsides) and there is a lot more action.)
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