There's been a lot of activity 'round here lately.
The first exciting bit of news was that Prince William got his first pet! (Total impulse buy - what on earth was I thinking? Do you realize the incredible rate at which two tiny fish can generate poop?!)
I know what I was thinking...my heart shrivels and melts at the way he says "fish", so I just needed to hear him say it a million times per day. Plus, they were 19 cents each, and I already had the bowl, so I figured it was a safe first pet trial.
Turns out it was anything but safe for these poor fish.
As new occupants of our cat-dominated household, they lasted all of 10 days before meeting their unfortunate demise.
You live, you learn. (To quote an excellent 90's musician)
Our next bit of excitement was a big celebration with our out-of-town relatives.
My dedicated blog readers may remember seeing my darling niece Penelope show up on this blog at random times throughout its extensive blog history, like here and here. Well, it's hard to believe, but TWO YEARS have passed since she first graced us with her presence. A two-year birthday is certainly and occasion worth celebrating - so she and her mommy were in town from Seattle for the week. It was great to have family time together.
There was a lot of cousin activity going on.
Lots of rough-housing (I think Grammy and Gramps got quite a work-out)
Lots of snuggle time
And some refined tea-sipping as well.
All the cousin fun left this little guy tired out! (I can never resist sticking in a picture of my sleeping baby)
I had ample opportunity to start training my little niece in the way that she should go (i.e. nurse practitioner of course!)
I think she's doing an excellent job, she has much potential
Now him on the other hand...I'm not so sure about
It was very fun to help celebrate my niece's birthday (especially since I missed her first birthday party while I was in Florida last year)
She's turned into quite the sassy and stylin' little two-year-old
Thankfully though, still not too grown up to have fun with balloons
Happy 2nd Birthday Pretty Penny!
Many of these pictures admittedly were taken by my sis-in-law - I stole them and touched 'em up and couldn't resist using them in a blog post :)
