Ears and Earrings

Quite unexpectedly today, while at Claire's, Katie decided she wanted pierced ears.  I'm pretty certain that what she really wanted was the owl earring holder and a pair of panda earrings, and I insisted that only big girls with pierced ears could have either of those items.  Much to my surprise, she said, "Ok, I will get my ears pierced then."

I was amazed at Katie's stiff upper lip as she sat still waiting for the ear "stapler" to be applied to her little ears.  What a brave girl she was, knowing that another little girl was waiting next in line and would decide to go or not go depending on Katie's reaction to the piercing.  Though you might note that in the video, she is tightly clutching Claire Bear, a teddy bear to soothe frazzled nerves.

Katie has spent this entire evening playing with her new collection of earrings and earring holder.  She is anxiously awaiting October 21st, when she can replace her initial studs with her new panda earrings.