Big day for Nicole

First thing in the morning she lost her tooth. She'd been playing with it for days, barely hanging on at all. I told her to just yank it out, it wouldn't take much, but she wasn't having any of that. It just fell out on to the floor after breakfast. She's already got the adult teeth growing in.

After school we went to the mall and she got her ears pierced! She's been asking to get it done, but we had to wait till after soccer was over. I think she kind of forgot about it, then this week she's been bringing it up again. She said she wanted to do it after school on Thursday.

I told her all about what they do, that it does hurt a little bit, but not for long. We got there and I really thought once she got in the chair she would chicken out. But she didn't. She did great. She was a little shocked at how much it hurt, but she didn't cry and now she has sparklies in her ears! She has asked me when she can get different earrings, dangly ones. I told her not till around Easter time. She went to bed with a mirror so she could look at her earrings. (in the dark?)