Growing Up Way Too Fast

Yesterday, we crossed a significant milestone in the Haman household. After picking the girls up from swimming lessons (Crawfish Aquatics), Rachel and I took Alexa and Mikaela to the mall for a little family fun. Alexa (my 7 year-old) has been pressing us for a long time now to get her ears pierced with "big-girl" earrings. Since she finished her 2nd grade year with a perfect 4.0 gpa, I finally caved under the pressure and gave in to her growing demands. We rolled down to Libby Lu--a pre-teen girl's paradise, fully equipped with glitter, make-up, accessories, and plenty of fru-fru! I never knew places like that existed.

Her immediate excitement begin to fade when the reality of the procedure kicked in...joy was replaced with dread when she saw "the gun." You would have thought she was being wheeled back for major surgery. In an instant it was over with, and her princess smile was back in full swing. Oh the joys of being pretty!

As we were leaving, Mikaela (my 3 year-old) was not a happy camper. Instead of rejoicing with her sister, she pouted over her un-pierced lobes. We stopped in our tracks and had a family meeting right in the middle of the mall--I'm learning that with a wife and 2 girls, the mall is no place for a family meeting because Dad's opinion means absolutely nothing!!! We asked Alexa how she felt about little sister getting her ears pierced, and she was gracious enough to say, "It's fine with me." Two minutes later, we were back in the same chair doing it all over again. Mikaela was a soldier--no fear. With the click of a gun and a slight jump, she was as big as her sister...at least in her own mind.

Amazing! Go to the mall for some chicken fingers and some Cane's sauce and leave with 2 little girls growing up way too fast!! I'm afraid to think about what may be next!!