Charley’s Earrings

For as long as I can remember, Charley has been asking about earrings.  I can’t count how many times she has said, “when I get bigger, I can get earrings.”  Well...she finally got “bigger” or at least big enough to understand that it will hurt at first, we have to clean them daily, and we cannot take them out for a while.  She decided that it was time and that she needed to get them pierced before she went to see the Easter bunny at the mall.  She just knew that he would love her new earrings!  She was so excited and brave on the day that Amma and I took her to get big girl earrings.  Luckily the girls did both ears at the same time, otherwise we may have left with just one earring.  She did cry when they finished, but only for a few minutes.  Once she started checking herself out in the mirror, she forgot all about them hurting and couldn’t wait to show that Easter bunny!