Sporting Some Serious Bling!

Today my 8 year old daughter got braces.
Yes...I agree, they are starting them early these day.
For a plethora of reason, not the least of which is self esteem!

So this morning, bright and early we headed to her Orthodontist.
She was such a trooper! The appointment went really well.

After an hour or so, she had four bright and shiny braces on her teeth.
Yep, that's all she needs (right now)

So she picked out her first set of bands...and her first colors. Teal, Purple and Pink.
Very...uh....colorful!

After that I decided to treat her to an extra special occasion day.

See, she has wanted her ears pierced for years now. So we headed to the mall.
She picked out her earrings, sat in the chair and waited.

The girl at the store did the first ear and Gracie looked at me like I had just shot her in the foot! Shocked and in pain.
Second ear...she managed to sit still but as soon as it was over she let out a couple "Ow's" and "that hurt!" A few tear fell but all in all she did awesome.

By the time we were back in the parking lot, all was forgotten (the stop at the ice cream place might have helped too)

As we were pulling away from the mall she commented "NOW I'M SPORTING SOME SERIOUS BLING!"
Followed by...."I'm just a metal head now" To which I laughed, because I think that has a totally different meaning to me.

Now she's had some lunch and said she was hurting a little.
She was laying down watching tv for a while then came up to me and said "my teeth hurt, but I think they would feel better if we went to Toys R' Us"

Good try...and she might be right. After all she has endured two holes in her head, and metal things glued to her teeth and pulled together. A trip to Toys R' Us might be just what the doctor ordered!