Fourth Time's A Charm!

It actually started on her 3rd birthday.

Addie Grace asked for her ears to be pierced.

So, we took her into town,

she picked out a sucker

and a cute pair of earrings

and she bravely sat

on the stool.

The attendant took out her little marker

to draw the dots on her ears

and Addie Grace FLIPPED out.

Crying, running away...the works.

So we walked out and told her

when she was ready,

we would try again.

 

Fast forward 2 years.

Addie woke up one morning

and informed me

she wanted her ears pierced.

Today.

She asked if they still gave out suckers

and when the answer was yes,

she was absolutely sure

she would get them done that day.

So off we went,

back to the same store

{for a second time}.

She picked out her sucker

and a cute pair of earrings

and she bravely sat on the stool.



 



 

And this time,

she didn't freak out

when the marker was brought out.

She was ready!

 

And she did it!

Two sparkling earring

sat just perfectly on her tiny earlobes.

 

And she was so proud of herself

because she didn't even cry :-)

 

This is usually where the story ends,

but in true Brown fashion,

we needed something to spice up our story a bit.

 

Addie Grace spent the night with her Grandma and Da

and in the morning

she realized that one of her earrings

was missing!

I tried to put it back in

but Addie's super power is growing skin

and the hole had already

grown in.

 

So, off we went,

back to the store

{for a THIRD time}.

They just needed to repierce that one ear

and we'd be on our way.

 

Unfortunately,

they were out of the matching earring

so Addie had to choose a different pair.

The attendant took out her good earring

to replace it with the new one

before repiercing the closed-up one.

But remember,

Addie has that super power

and that new earring

absolutely

would not

under any circumstances

go back in.

So the attendant told Addie Grace

she would just repierce both ears.

 

And Addie absolutely refused.

Wouldn't budge

or succumb to any bribery attempts.

She was not going to repierce both ears.

 

So we left.

Again.

 

Fast forward a week

and our friend Ginny

asked us

to go with her to get her ears pierced,

for moral support.

The girls were excited to go

because Addie said she would do it

if Ginny did it.

 

So off we went,

back to the same store

{for a FOURTH time}.

 

 

She watched Ginny get her ears done.

She picked out her sucker

and a cute pair of earrings

and she bravely sat on the stool.

And she didn't even flinch.

Its old hat now.

 

And we're praying

these stay in

until we decide to take them out!

 

I guess its like the old saying goes...

 

All's well that ends well!