Funny thing happened .....

...When you take a 10 almost 11 year old to get their ears pierced as I was apt to do this past Saturday. She had been very, very intrigued by the process for months and wanted it done and as it was hardly a whim birthday wish; she had asked prior to Christmas 2007... soI made the arrangements. We didn't hype her up about it but I was clear that it would hurt a bit and that hygiene was of the utmost importance when dealing with pieced ears. She was ok about it all and still wanted to do it. So off we went to our appointment and she was asking a few questions about the same stuff we had gone over, but being the ever patient mum I re answered them for the eleven hundred time. When we arrived she was able to choose from a series of stud type earrings which she was very quick to do, so quick in fact I asked her to look at all the choices and she told me to pick!!! Hmmm, 'we may not be doing this' I thought then. We ,then, realise that despite all the information we had been given, the actual operation,per say,was not being done by two attendants simultaneously but by one. Which meant that one ear would be done, than another. Given her strange and off handed attitude to choosing something...jewelery related, let alone, sparking and shiny; I had visions of leaving with a distraught child with one ear pierced!
Miss 10 Almost 11, had one done then started with "It hurts, it hurts, ow it burns"
and the attendant sprayed the ear with some anti infection spray and then it was "Ow, it stings, it stings" 'Here we go, I'm leaving with a child with one earring' I thought to myself, but she trooped on and had the other one done( repeat all of exclamations from above). Then as I was sorting out payment and care details, she comes up with "I'm gonna be sick" and has turned a lovely shade of white usually reserved for those on deaths door. We sit her down, with a rubbish bin and the lovely, S who had done the piercings got her a cold towel and we tried to get her to eat a sugar sweet. As S, explained to me she thought Miss 10 was too calm and has seen it several times before (only in Sunbury), all the sugar in their system is taken up by anxiety and stress and they crash after the event. After about 20 minutes. Miss 10 was fine and off we went. Now we have to wait 6 weeks before the "I love those earrings" starts, luckily school rules limit the type of earring permitted.
Despite this, Miss now 11 had a lovely birthday, ending in a family dinner at her favorite restaurant. She was given a money from relos for her birthday and as Mr 8 had birthday money and Mr 5 had a find of $20 on the floor of the supermarket a few weeks ago. They also bought some things they wanted. Miss 11 got a new bunny complete with clothes from "Build- A Bear".
She already has a bear with clothes but you can never have too many stuffed toys as a girl!!
Mr 5 bought some mew clothes for Kangraoo Jack at the same shop and Mr 8 went with 2IC to get his Transformer PLUS he got a new PS2 game..so every one was happy.