Monday, March 28, 2011

Special Guest and Cupcakes

We had a special guest at our house for a week.  Meet Compass, the best parakeet ever!
The girls liked him quite a bit.  Since Compass liked to use James's head for a landing pad, James stayed away from the bird. 
In the beginning Compass was only allowed out of the cage if he was in the bathroom, because he was a bit tricky to recapture.

Edwin is thinking about becoming a peg-legged pirate with a parakeet.  What do you think?

Anne is much braver than her sister, and her mother for that fact.  Most of us enjoyed Compass more in the cage, but Anne liked everything about Compass, especially his little tickly nibble-like kisses.

I preferred Compass in the cage singing in the morning with the birds outside, and chatting with us during meal time. 

The girls wanted to have a surprise partry for their dad with special cupcakes.
They spent the day planning and drawing their cupcake plans.  Anne wanted a spider cake.

James wanted frosting, candy and more frosting, please.

Edwin made a spider cake which he promptly gobbled up.

Grace made a beach.  Water with stepping stones and islands.  Sand with buckets, shovels, and rocks.
It was quite a week indeed.

2 comments:

Linda Butler said...

I would say that Barbie house is WONDERFUL one of a kind, that I am sure now one else has ever accomplished. It is truly amazing. Looks like you had fun with Compass.

Susan said...

I love pet sitting. You get to enjoy someone else's animal for a little while and then send it back to it's owner before the novelty wears off.