The Harlin Family: Beautiful Ears!

Sunday, March 1, 2009

Beautiful Ears!

Layla came to me a month or so ago and wanted to get her ears pierced. I've always said, I don't care how old they are when they get them, but they have to be old enough to take care of them themselves and be responsible about it. So, I told Layla she could make a chart and brush her teeth every day, morning and night for a month and then she could get them. That would also tell me if it was a fleeting desire or something she really wanted. Well, she decided she'd do it. Then, Lylli, who had told me several times that she was going to wait until 4th grade, decided she'd do it too. So, for the past month, we've been keeping these charts. And Friday, Layla got to go get her ears pierced. She was very excited!!! I took Lylli to watch, because I wasn't certain how badly she wanted them. But, yesterday, she got hers too. The girls simply love them!!!

Seryn hated that Layla was getting pictures and not her, so here's Seryn copying Layla so she could get into a picture!

This is Layla before...

This is Layla after!

This is Lylli before... (how come my girls always seem to have dirty faces?!)

This is Lylli after! (The butterfly is from a birthday party she had gone to first!)

8 comments:

Dean said...: Wow, your girls are a lot braver than their uncle is! I wouldn't let a needle anywhere near me! (Except, of course, the one that I let stick my arm twice a week at BioLife.); March 1, 2009 at 4:17 PM
Amy said...: This is a conspiracy. Another friend of mine blogged that her preschooler just got her ears pierced. Abby's been begging to get it done... I won't be showing her these. I'm not ready!; March 1, 2009 at 5:00 PM
Pid and Connie said...: I just have to say that I think it is HILARIOUS that Dean wouldn't get his ears pierced (let's pretend that would be appropriate for him) but he has no issue pulling off his toenail and photographing it for the whole world to see!!!! PS - your girls are darling with their new Bling!; March 1, 2009 at 11:24 PM
Michelle said...: So cute! Hopefully they still like them in a month or too, huh? I'm sure they will. I'm with Connie, in that Dean donates plasma all the time, so isn't that with a needle?; March 2, 2009 at 7:56 AM
Jason and Amanda said...: Very beautiful girls! I like the teeth brushing chart. Good idea hopefully they keep it up.; March 2, 2009 at 11:19 AM
THE BOWMAN'S said...: So fun! Kiana was telling me a couple months ago that she wanted to "get a hole shot in my ear so I can have earrings" too. I don't know. It looks like the program was fantastic!; March 4, 2009 at 1:09 PM
The Martinez Fam said...: How fun!! They look so cute with their ears pierced!! They are brave!; March 5, 2009 at 7:49 AM
LindsC said...: I think that it's great that you let them make the choice and be responsible for it and earn it!; March 16, 2009 at 9:10 PM

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A Season For Love

“Are you a daddy?” Lark asked, once they pulled into the parking lot and started to get out of the car.
“No, angel. I’m not.”
“Why not?”
“Well, I can’t be a daddy without a mommy.”
“What ‘bout Mommy?” Lavender asked. “You be a daddy with Mommy.”
Jerrick chuckled nervously but Rhianna looked over at Lark and felt concerned. The look on her oldest daughter’s face told her that a confrontation was soon at hand. Lark’s eyes were suddenly shooting daggers into the back of Jerrick’s head. Rhianna changed the subject. “What do you girls want for lunch?”
The subject was seemingly forgotten until after the waitress had taken their orders and the girls sat coloring some pictures. Lark suddenly looked up and glared at Jerrick for a few minutes. Rhianna, discussing the progress of her latest book, did not see her daughter and was caught off guard when the girl spoke.
“We already have a daddy!” Lark said definitely.
“Lark, honey.” Rhianna knew where the conversation was sure to go from here. “We’ve talked about this.”
“But I already have a daddy. I don’t want another one.”
“That’s fine, honey. No one said they wanted to take Daddy’s place.”
“But he said…” Lark began as she pointed to Jerrick and her eyes filled with tears.
“I said that I’m not a daddy, angel. That’s all,” Jerrick said understandingly. “I do have some little nieces and a nephew though. And I think one of them might be about your age.”
“My age?” Lark asked with skepticism. “Are they my friends?”
“Well, I suppose if you met them and liked them they would be your friends,” Jerrick said with a smile. Rhianna gave him a smile, relieved that he had so elegantly changed the subject and they had not created a big scene.
“Can we, Mommy? Can we play with my new friends?” Lark asked excitedly, for she called every young child her friend.
Rhianna looked first to Lark’s eager face, then to Lavender who seemed oblivious to the conversation and finally to Jerrick who looked completely amused. “Well, I…” Rhianna began.
“Actually,” Jerrick interrupted. “Perhaps now is as good of a time as any to reveal my secret motive behind asking you girls to lunch.”
“A secret motive?” Rhianna eyed him warily.
Jerrick suddenly seemed to squirm in his seat but gained composure quickly. “Well, kitten,” he began.
“Mommy’s not a kitten,” Lark said in disgust as she wrinkled her nose.
Jerrick chuckled. “No, she’s not.” Turning his attention back to Rhianna he said, “Anna, I hesitate to bring this up because I know it’s a delicate subject but…” He hesitated and Rhianna wondered what he might possibly say.
“Yes?”
“Well, this is the thing. My family has been hounding me incessantly about not having a wife or even a girlfriend.” Rhianna nodded, still unsure of his venue for conversation. “So I was wondering, if you didn’t have other plans, if you and your girls would like to accompany me to my parent’s cabin for Thanksgiving?”
“Spend Thanksgiving with you?” Rhianna asked, surprised at the suggestion.
“Me and my family, yes. Everyone is planning to be there; Joey’s family and Andy and his roommate. And I was hoping that maybe you would enjoy role playing with me. Just for the weekend. You know, to get them off my back for a while.”
“I wanna go!” Lavender smiled.
Rhianna thought for a moment. She had no family, outside of her great-aunt Sophie who was in a nursing home. Her mother-in-law lived in another state, and given Rhianna’s current mood toward the approaching holidays, she had no desire to entertain visiting her in-laws. The proposition Jerrick made was enticing. Her girls would receive a good Thanksgiving memory, and she could sit back and ignore her surroundings. Plus, she would have Jerrick to help keep her mind off past memories and the loss of her husband.
“There will be kids for the girls to play with and Joey’s wife, Mindy, will be there.”
“You want me to pretend to be your girlfriend for the weekend?” she asked after a few minutes.
"Crazy idea, huh. What do you say?"