Day 23: June 7th

Today was a busy, busy, busy day!!! This morning we cleaned the chapel, then went to McDonald's. Growing up, I hated cleaning the church, but it was always a good feeling knowing you helped clean the church, and at the same time eating McDonald's for breakfast. I really do not like McDonald's, but I LOVE their breakfast foods. So I was excited to pass the tradition to my kids. It was also a tradition to stop at McDonald's for breakfast on the first day of vacation.  And to stop at Denny's for dinner.

Today, Eric told me when he took Anna in her carseat (he is a gentleman and decided to carry the carseat around so I can just focus on cleaning without lugging her around) and went into the other room, Hyrum decided he wanted to be with Eric. Eric said that a cute little girl who will be 2 in July and who loves babies noticed Anna and came to see her. Hyrum saw her and I guess he got protective so he went to her and pushed her aside. I have never seen Hyrum so protective so this surprised me. I guess, as I quote my mom, "Anna really belongs to Hyrum now!" I hope that means he will take care of her and protect her. And that they will have a special bond. 

Then we went to get Hyrum a haircut. I have been debating whether to take him to get a haircut or not.  I LOVE his wild, crazy long hair. Not really long, but just not like military cut. 😜

Hyrum hated it. We went to a special place designed to cut hair for little kids called Kiddie Kutter. We tried lollipop, movie in a Netflix, having him try the driving the car, toys, etc. But he still hated it and moved around. Eventually we managed to cut his hair without killing anyone. The hairstylist DID cut her hand while trying to trim Hyrum's hair. Oops!

Then it was naptime and pedicure for me! Then we went to Sam's Club and decided to try their tire replacement. Eric (unknown to me ) asked Midas last year for the most expensive tires. We used the tires to go to Maryland and back.  Eric checked the tires often and they were still in excellent shape. I don't know if it matters what tires you get, but we were impressed the tires lasted a long time.  So we're trying an experiment to see if my Dad's theory is true ;) 

We had a good dinner at Sam's club. Today about 5 people have complimented me about Anna and Hyrum, about how beautiful/cute they are. 

Oh and another thing happened. After a few months of thinking, and researching as well as talking to friends, I have decided to pierce Anna's ears.  The most compelling reason was, surprisingly,  I have found a lot of people had problems when they were older. More infections. Either they were lazy, messed with the earrings a lot- usually a kid or someone older like in HS. If it's not messing, they dealt with ear lobe infection a lot. 

Along with that, my thinking was why is it okay to wear bracelet, necklace, etc but not earrings? If it has something to do with holes, I don't think it's a very compelling argument. I find it ironic while vaccination is medically necessary,  it still causes pain. While circumcision happens,  it's still not as major as circumcision. And on and on. 

And I know in Eric's family it's a tradition to do it on babies. But on my side, we wait until 16. We have told both side we'd wait, and both have not pressured us one way or the other. But I have decided to honor both traditions by allowing Anna to get her ears pierced, but she will only wear simple earrings until 16. She will not wear dangles or loop- only a very simple earring. And she won't wear makeup until 16. I feel it's a good compromise for both sides.  

So that's what is going to happen. Anyways, enjoy a few "phone photos."