Earrings!

We had never really settled on a specific age or time when our girls would "allowed" to get their ears pierced. For me, it was 12. I always kind of figured that if my children were old enough to make a decision about baptism, then they were old enough to decide whether or not they wanted their ears pierced at eight. So that was the idea in the back of my mind.

However, as Carolyn approached the age of eight, I could sense that ear piercing was actually a bigger deal to Kylie than it was to Carolyn. So rather than tie it to a certain age, we decided to take them both to the mall and just let them do it.

First, we stopped at Chili's for lunch, where Uncle Danny works.


And since it was a slow time, he was even able to sit with us a bit and entertain the kids.

After an enjoyable lunch, we headed over to the mall and got down to business. Carolyn chose some sparkly round cubic zirconium earrings.

The lady drew the dots on her ears where the earrings would go.

She gave Carolyn a teddy bear to hug while the piercing was taking place.

As soon as it was done, Carolyn was given a mirror to look in. She liked what she saw!

Next was Kylie's turn. She chose some star-shaped CZs. (Obviously, she went through the same process, but it turns out we have a lot more video than still pics of her ear piercing.)
Once the ears were pierced, we all went upstairs for a ride on the carousel.

Kylie chose a reindeer.

Isaiah chose a dragon.

Carolyn chose a kitty.

These pretty girls love having their ears pierced!