Last week Grace announced to us that she and Taylor (friend from Ladybug and school) were meeting at the mall on Saturday and they were going to get their ears pierced together. A day or so later Taylor’s mom called the house to see if we’d heard of the plan and a time was set to meet. I worked all weekend on a datacenter migration at Dow Jones so I couldn’t be there but Grace did it! Heather forgot to take pictures although I’m not sure she would have been able to anyway since she was holding Grace’s waist. They did both ears at the same time while she held onto Fozzie and though she cried a little she was VERY proud of herself. When I saw her she was still walking tall and beaming.

Heather said to her that she wished Daddy had been there to see it but Grace said she was kind of glad I wasn’t there. She didn’t want me to see her cry. Not sure how I feel about that. On the one hand I want her to be a strong woman (someday!) but on the other I think it’s really important that she be able to be herself. I’ll have to remember that one. Any who, she is doing a great job cleaning them and taking good care of them.