Big Weekend for Kira Deara
Oct. 13th, 2009 09:57 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
saffronhareThis weekend, Kira Deara got her ears pierced. It's traditionally a seventh-birthday sort of ritual, but she lobbied very well for the notion of *receiving* earrings for her birthday, pointing out how it would make sense to pierce her ears early enough that they'd be healed for the Actual Birthday.
We happened to be at the mall for Rowie to do a bit of shopping with gift cards burning a hole in her pocket. The piercing place was uncrowded, so we went for it. She was a very brave little toaster. Sat super-still even through all the prep and hardly sniffled afterwards...it helped that we delivered right away on the second part of the tradition -- ice cream!
Perhaps ten minutes had passed before she remembered that![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
featherynscale had promised the someday loan/gifting of some dragonfly earrings when she had her ears pierced. Is that so, K? I suspect it was a private conversation, but she mentioned it again today, so just be aware that she's coming after them!
Also: We talked about Halloween costumes, and she described in more detail the outfit a "demon princess" would wear. Apparently, fingerless fishnet gloves were essential. So the mall trip included a visit to Hot Topic, which is a place I figured would have such things. And OMG. The way her face lit up when we walked in! She started grooving to the music and admiring the clothes. We did find the very gloves she was talking about (sweet girl gave me credit for maybe being able to knit them, but we purchased them, thankyouverymuch). She also looked at tiaras, saying her costume should include one, but lamenting that there were no BLACK tiaras to be found. (At this pronouncement, a Hot Topic staff member burst into laughter.)
When I relayed this story todiermuid, he suggested to her that we use some high-gloss spray paint to transform an plain tiara into a black one. Hmm...she considered it, and then allowed that it might work, but *only* if we had some glitter to sprinkle over it so be sure it was sparkly enough.
With Rowie's help, she has redefined the costume concept as "Princess Midnight." (sigh)
We happened to be at the mall for Rowie to do a bit of shopping with gift cards burning a hole in her pocket. The piercing place was uncrowded, so we went for it. She was a very brave little toaster. Sat super-still even through all the prep and hardly sniffled afterwards...it helped that we delivered right away on the second part of the tradition -- ice cream!
Perhaps ten minutes had passed before she remembered that
featherynscale had promised the someday loan/gifting of some dragonfly earrings when she had her ears pierced. Is that so, K? I suspect it was a private conversation, but she mentioned it again today, so just be aware that she's coming after them! Also: We talked about Halloween costumes, and she described in more detail the outfit a "demon princess" would wear. Apparently, fingerless fishnet gloves were essential. So the mall trip included a visit to Hot Topic, which is a place I figured would have such things. And OMG. The way her face lit up when we walked in! She started grooving to the music and admiring the clothes. We did find the very gloves she was talking about (sweet girl gave me credit for maybe being able to knit them, but we purchased them, thankyouverymuch). She also looked at tiaras, saying her costume should include one, but lamenting that there were no BLACK tiaras to be found. (At this pronouncement, a Hot Topic staff member burst into laughter.)
When I relayed this story to
diermuid, he suggested to her that we use some high-gloss spray paint to transform an plain tiara into a black one. Hmm...she considered it, and then allowed that it might work, but *only* if we had some glitter to sprinkle over it so be sure it was sparkly enough. With Rowie's help, she has redefined the costume concept as "Princess Midnight." (sigh)
