February is birthday month for all of the women in our household. Yesterday was Mia's birthday. After getting her ears pierced (the family rule is one has to wait until she is 12-years-old) in the morning, we had a discussion about whether Ben could get something pierced too, since he's over 14. He was given permission to rebel by growing his hair long again. Tattoos are right out.
In the afternoon, Mia went with Sarah and 5 other MKs to the mall to be 'mall rats'. They went to the pet store and argued animatedly about what was the best way to cook dogs to the horrified stares of others. We grabbed a bite at Chili's and then went home to watch GroundHog Day and ate birthday brownies and ice cream.
