Holes

Today while running errands with my posse - AKA Ashlyn and Megan, I decided to stop and get Devin an Apple Pie Carmel Apple from Rocky Mountain Chocolate. Anyone who's ever had one will know they are too die for - I could go on and on about them....

Right across from Rocky Mountain in the strip mall was a Claire's. I decided that I would ask Ashlyn (again) if she would like to get her ears pierced. Now, we have been working on this since September when she turned 5. I wanted her to get them early enough before Kindergarten that by the time she went to school they would be all healed up. We have been in and out of different ear piercing shops at least 3 times since her birthday and she has always chickened out. Today however, she said she wanted to do it and she would NOT back out.

We went in and she picked some cute rainbow flower studs and climbed up on the tall seat. They even had a cute teddy bear to hold. The funniest part to me was that it took 10 minutes for the technician (is that what you would call her?) to get the little dots even on her ears. If you know Ashlyn, she has hear uncle Devon's ears that poke out. Hers are even a little crooked - but I love them, and think she is darling no matter what, and I hope she is never self conscious about them because that is part of what makes her so cute to me!

Another girl came over to help so they could do both ears at the same time. She was so brave and only cried a little bit!

Well, of course, as soon as Megan saw Ashlyn getting all the attention she decided that she had better get her ears pierced as well and she also wanted the rainbow flower earrings. I was a little worried with her being younger, but she is usually my tough kid so I gave in. We got to the point where the piercing guns (that sounds scary) were over her ears and she started freaking out, but told her it was too late, we counted to three and it was done! She cried a little harder than Ashlyn, but within 5 minutes she was fine too!

When we got home, I told them to go stand in front of Daddy and see if he noticed. Of course he did, because Devin notices everything like that!

Hopefully things go smoothly and we don't have any problems with them! Wish me luck!

Shaving

Megan just tried to shave the bubbles off of her nose and mouth while she was in the bath. She found my old razor and got herself good. Her nose has three little lines from the triple blade, and her lip is cut in 4 places. So much blood for a such little cuts. I don't think she'll ever try to shave again.

Favorites

Ashlyn went around asking everyone in our family "What is your favorite thing to do?"

Here were the answers:

Daddy- Sleeping

Mommy - Playing the piano

Ashlyn - Seeing new things

Megan - Playing with dolls

Shannon - Eating

She came back out a few minutes later with a piece of paper. I asked her what it was and she said she drew a picture of everyone's favorite thing.

Here's what she drew:

Daddy - a bed

Mommy - a piano

Ashlyn - Eyes

Megan - A baby doll

Shannon - ... (can you guess what she drew)...?

Oh the funny things kids do.

Daughters

So - I'm totally new to this and not sure how interesting it will be! I'm doing this so I have a better record of my day to day life with my three littles!

I would NEVER have thought I would be blessed with three daughters. I would've bet millions I would only have 1 daughter. I guess I just thought since I didn't have a sister, I would only have 1 girl. Weird I know, but that's just what I thought. Needless to say, it has been quite the experience for me so far. Not having a sister myself I have no idea about the dynamics in sister relationships. As of right now, I think my girls, especially Ashlyn and Megan have a relationship just like any sibling relationship - They are either best friends or bitter enemies. (Although the bitter enemy thing doesn't last too long). I think it will be interesting to see how things change as Shannon gets older and starts getting in the mix of things. I'm definitely praying that the teenage years with three daughters won't cause me to have a nervous breakdown, but we'll see.

Yes, we would love to have a son - poor Devin is so outnumbered, but he loves his girls. They all have him wrapped around their little fingers. He is already preparing his guns to ward off all the "Stupid Teenage Boys" that come around. He says "I know what they are thinking and they are NOT getting my girls". I say "Oh, the same way my dad kept you away from me?" Luckily we had a few years before that time comes, but I have a feeling I will blink and it will be here. In the meantime, I'm just trying to get through each day and enjoy as much of it as I can.