Wow! It is hard to believe that our baby girl is now 9! We started her day with a traditional birthday doughnut... that was so full of candles that we decided we might have to change how we candle next year.
Kyrie was happy that her best friend was on Spring Break on her birthday. We met at a nearby mall for our traditional photo with the Easter Bunny before visiting some of our favorite stores and enjoying a delicious meal. It was a happy day!
Later that afternoon, the kids & I went to see "Cinderella" before having a family dinner at Kyrie's choice: Steak 'n' Shake. Then... SURPRISE! Darren suggested that we go check out the pet store to see about the selection of rats that had come in that day.
We had told Kyrie years ago that when she turned 9 she could get a pocket pets. I did some research and learned that rats were the best pocket pets for kids. A few months ago, Kyrie started her own research about what she would need to own rats. Her research started on the internet, and then Darren bought her a rat care book that she began to study in earnest. As her birthday approached, we bought her a cage (which was our present) and helped her plan for the things she would need to purchase (with either her allowance or money/gift cards she received from her birthday).
We set the cage up and told her that she could go pick out her new pets the weekend after her birthday... then the Friday after her birthday because Darren took the day off... and then SURPRISE! Darren was telling her we could go pick them up the evening of her birthday! She picked out two, small female rats, and we took them home. It was a very happy birthday for our little girl!
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| Kyrie's birthday cake! |
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