A few weeks ago Madeleine had been talking about one of her classmates having her ears pierced. So on a Saturday afternoon Kathleen talked to her about it and asked if Madeleine would like to go get her ears pierced. Of course she said yes, not really knowing exactly what she was in for and we were off to the mall. We walked up to the stand and got the process underway. Madeleine picked out her purple stones and got into the chair. In what I thought was a brilliant idea the two young ladies got situated with the guns, counted down and…Madeleine barely flinched. Personally I was expecting some screaming but she handled it like a champ. She was very proud of herself and we were proud of her, even Jake. So on the way out of the mall Kathleen popped into Sport Clips to see about losing Jake’s poofy hair-do. They swept us off to the chair and before you knew it Jakezilla had gotten his first real haircut. He handled it very well too, no wiggling or squirming just sitting back enjoying the scenery.