Girls Night Out

I love me a good girls night out.  The past several weeks have been so busy and stressful for me that after the bike rodeo and kids sporting events on Saturday, June 7th I needed to get out and relax.  How cool is it that I’ve got some great options for companions right in my own home?

In my opinion any good outing requires good food.  Our first stop was CPK for my most favorite salad – The Waldorf!  The girls shared a BBQ chicken pizza and I had a coupon for a free spinach dip – so yum!

Next stop was the mall where Abigail got her ears pierced.  As I’ve mentioned Abigail hasn’t been as committed to piano this past year as in previous years so I used that as leverage.  For me to pay for her ear piercing (which is not cheap!), she needed to fill out the chart below by earning 70 stickers.  Each sticker was earned by practicing for 15 consecutive minutes.  That’s 1050 minutes of practice – if she practiced as much as her teacher wanted her to it would have only taken her 4-5 weeks to complete.  It took Abigail almost 11 weeks.  Not as motivating as I had hoped but it was a fun incentive.  

The last picture of Abigail without holes in her ears.  

She looks a little nervous, doesn’t she?

When I was growing up and wanting to pierce my ears my Dad always said we didn’t need any more holes in our head.  Not sure how long I had to wait, but I’m sure I was at least twelve, which is what we’ve told our girls.  Not sure if there’s much logic to that, but isn’t most of parenting just winging it?

And after

Next we did a little shopping at Old Navy – mainly just to pass the time so we could get ½ price donuts at Krispy Kreme on the way home.

The brownie batter donuts they are featuring right now are divine!