birthday celebration!

Parker is a proud eight year old.. :) She was sooo very excited to turn eight. When we asked her what she wanted to do for her birthday, she said she just wanted a very small party this year. She really wanted to go to Libby Lou's a store at a mall in Bellevue. When I looked into it to make plans, I discovered that all of the LIbby Lou stores closed! YIKES! So we had a glamour girl gathering at a local children's salon. It was very fun and the girls had great time. They had their hear done, makeup, and nails done. Of course, afterwards we HAD to go out for pizza. even Vi got in the beauty action!

birhtday cake

Parker had a birthday recently.. can she really be eight years old? She really like her cake this year. It is always a surprise at our house. No one gets to see their cake until the candles are on and people are singing. Abe told her it was a treasure chest this year so she really was surprised to see a soccer ball!

the new pet

I can't believe that I forgot to mention our newest member of the family.. Abe has a pet guinea pig. He was soooooooooooooooooooooooo excited to add him to the family. we realize now that we should have bought a girl and not a boy.. Parker wants one and we can't get another one.. A girl will not work, and neither will a boy. There were many to choose from but this one captured Abe's heart. We have been through many many name changes.. It went something like this.. Binny, Benny, turtle, tortoise, turtis(not my personal fave), to what is now Tiger. Abe informed me in a dead serious conversation, that I could choose to call him Tigris if I so chose. His name is Tiger or TIgris.. it's up to you...