It was HER idea...

I promise, I never once asked or encouraged her to do it...She came up with the idea and bugged me about it for at least 3 weeks...
We have been talking to her for the past 6 months about taking care of the stuff that she has...She really wants a Nintendo DS and a Puppy dog, and we keep telling her that those are very expensive things that take alot of attention and responsibilty and right now, we can't trust that she would be responsible...She kept asking if she could get her ears pierced and take care of them to prove that she IS in fact, responsible...so Friday June, 26th (the same day that we got our new car, 07' Silver Ford Fusion) she begged us to let her get them pierced and so...we went to Claire's in the Collierville Mall
She had just picked out BLUE Saph-a-phires (thats how she pronounced it!)

calling Uncle Chad to tell him that she was going to go ahead and get them done before he got there (I think she might have chickened out had we waited on him)

the before picture...

and the after picture...they did both of her ears at the same time (thank goodness!) and I took this picture right after she said, "OUCH, that hurt"! But there were NO tears!

PROUD AS A PEACOCK AT HER NEW EARRINGS!!

YEP...she got her ears pierced...
and she has been SO good about taking care of them...she cleans them at least 3x's a day WITHOUT being told! We have been very proud of her for being so responsible...Does that mean that she thinks she deserves a Nintenso DS and a puppy dog? Maybe we should have thought this through a little better :)