This was quite an epic day.
Ashlyn had asked to get her ears pierced.
Then she asked me if I would get mine pierced with her.
(I haven't worn earrings in over 10 years, and my holes closed up)
Then Madelyn said she really wanted her's pierced too.
Brian said he wanted to join us and watch the 3 of us get our ears done!
So, off we went.
Ashlyn went first, and did great. No problems.
Madelyn excitedly got up in the chair to go next. She held Brian's hand and got her first ear done (photo above). Then she realized that it was painful. And didn't want to do it again! We tried everything to coax her into getting the other ear pierced. But, she cried and said "no". Brian, who can't handle seeing her hurt, said we should just go, she didn't need to finish. I said, "No, we aren't leaving here with only 1 earing, we can hold her down, and make it quick."
"No way. I'm not holding her down." he said
He asked the lady at the shop if people ever left here with just one ear done after a child was crying about it.
"No, they hold the child down and finish it.", she said.
"Nope, we aren't doing that."
Long story short...me, not wanting to leave with only 1 earing, knowing that she would be sad about it when we got home if we did. And also knowing that as soon as it was done she would be happy, I was trying to come up with a solution of how we could do this.
In the meantime...I got my ears pierced too.
Then we got some ice from a juice shop, and held it on her ear lobe to make it 'numb' to the pain (so we told her). It worked just long enough for her to think about it, and the earing was in!
And 2 minutes later she was so happy about it.
The three of us with our newly pierced ears.
And to think that happy face was in tears just minutes ago.
To celebrate we rode the carousel!
