I can honestly say that I have not been to the mall in like four years! Ok, well, I did go to Sears once, but I never stepped foot outside of it. Well, Kate and Emily have decided that they want their ears pierced. Actually, I have been telling Kate for over a year that she could do it. We just never got around to it. Well, since this month both of the girls celebrate birthdays, I thought that maybe we could take them both to the mall and get it done. So, we go to the mall. The first reason why I remember why I don't go to the mall is because it is a reminder of how out of style I really am and how very little money I really have to spend on clothes. It's gonna take me a week to make myself feel better to know that it's ok to shop at Target and Walmart! :) Ok, I'll be alright. And the second reason why I don't go to the mall is because I now have two daughters who have discovered how fun the mall is! So, I promised them that we'd have a girl's night out and go shopping. We'll hit the girl's clothing shops so I don't have to remind myself of how I can't pair any clothing together. We were looking at one women's clothing store and Emily is picking stuff out for me. That's bad. Oh well, I was never very fashion consious anyways. Hey, if loafers were still in, I might be wearing them. Well, if I could get them past Todd anyways. I will admit, Todd buys me clothes. He is better about picking things out than me! I've got two girls who will be teenagers some day. I'll just wait to take lessons from them. hahaha
Here the girls are showing off their new earings. I was very impressed with Kate. She didn't even flinch, and she's the one I was worried about. She will not pull out any loose teeth because she is afraid of pain. So it will just sit there in her mouth forever. And whenever we have a flu shot, she gets real nervous. I was totally amazed. She did inform me that a shot hurts worse. And Emily isn't afraid of anything. She's my girl who will try almost anything. She is not scared. Although she still has a hard time asking Grandma for a drink of water. Go figure.
Kate is funny. She is so paranoid that her ears will get infected that she is adament about keeping them clean. She reminds Emily to make sure to rinse her ears off after shampooing and to not get any hairspray or anything on her ears. And she will not let me forget to clean them three times a day! And don't forget to rotate the earing so it heals right! That is good. I'm glad she's so anal about it. I can't remember how old I was. I was thinking I was like ten or twelve when I had my ears pierced. Of course I had no idea how much it cost back then, but I was a bit surprised at how much I had to spend on these two little girls. I probably will never have any clothes to wear that are in style because I will be spending all my money on them! And I'm sure I will be loving it as well. It's hard to see them grow up, but as long as you have fun with them, it's all worth it. Now, what do you do when your six year old son wants his ears pierced too? Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
Well, I tried to get a picture of him smiling to show off his tooth, but it's too dark in his mouth to see. Oh well. And I posted the second pic because I thought it was cute. He is enjoying a Mum Mum, I think is what it is called. It is a rice rusk, like a cracker kind of, and it dissolves fairly quickly in their mouth so he won't choke. He likes holding onto it and then sticking it in his mouth and sucking on it. I've never heard of Mum mums, but saw it in the store and thought I'd give it a try. 
No, these are not cookies, these are biscuits. For breakfast we had biscuits and gravy and the kids wanted to cut out heart shaped biscuits. Well, then we decided it would be fun to make them pink as well. It was kind of weird at first when you go to take a bite of a pink biscuit. But, it tasted no different and it was fun. It even felt a little like playing with playdoh! And as you can see, Dane is always posing so lovely for the picture. He's a crazy kid. 