Alexia turns 12!

Where does the time go. Alexia was so excited for her birthday. She went to young womens the week before to their planning meeting. At age 12, in our house, you can have your ears pierced. (This only applies to girls.)

I pulled her out of school for lunch and an afternoon of shopping. We met James at TGI Friday's for lunch. She was student of the month in December and had a free lunch certificate. Gotta love the freebies. Afterwards we went to Claire's for the ear piercing. I had told her that she was paying for it and she was ok with that until we found out how much it would cost. They prefer using gold to pierce because there is little reaction. So with the price of gold the way it is, it's $50 to get holes in your ears. James was teasing her saying, "I have never seen anyone so excited to get holes in their head." So we split the difference and she got little birthstones.

We then went and got some new shoes. Cute boots and church shoes. There was a sale, of course. With new shoes, you need new clothes. There is a great consignment store called Platos Closet. She can somewhat fit into size XS and 0's. She needs to grow a little taller. We found some cute tops and a skirt. When we were done, she proclaimed herself a "new woman".




Friday after school, she had invited four friends to her party at Ceramic. (Anita, Steffani, Chelle, and Becca) It's a place where you can paint pottery. We had pick out letters for each of the girls to paint. I painted a salsa bowl. We then came back to our house for pizza, presents and cupcakes. We'll see the fired creations in about a week.