Payton's Ears

Last night, we headed over to Claire's Boutique at the mall for a very important milestone. Payton will be starting her very first day of first grade tomorrow morning, so we thought we should celebrate the occasion with something she has been asking to do for several months. Payton wanted to get her ears pierced. Here is the play by play of the event...

Before: Payton is all smiles. Aware that it will "sting a little", Payton is feeling brave and ready to go.
Daddy is asked to use hair clips to expose Payton's ears. Daddy LOVES doing hair!The nice Claire's lady marks Payton's ears with marker dots. Notice the change in Payton's expression...she is starting to sense something is up...I'm actually very shocked that this picture didn't turn out blurry. This is just as ear #1 is getting pierced, and Payton jumped approximately 12 feet into the air. Here's where "stinging a little" turned into "hurts really bad"Daddy is now replaced by mommy who has to console/hold down Payton's arms in order to pierce ear #2.All done. Hopefully this will prevent any requests for additional piercings for the next eighteen years...A full recovery thanks to a lollipop.We are very proud of our big first grade girl!