I cannot win the war.

Tyler found a penguin online for "online 25 dollars Mom!!!!". grrr So off we go again for another round of begging for an animal. After Tyler's basketball game this morning we took a little drive to an animal store and saw mice, rats, scorpions, and other disgusting "pets". (Mason was in heaven looking at all those for the first time). Emma ended up with a little goldfish-which she read a book to right before bed-and Tyler and Hailey are saving up their money for peach-faced lovebirds, which Nathan said he wanted to get because they reminded him of us because they love to sleep with their heads touching and are "mates for life".

Awwww...

Ok, I guess I could live with chirping birds in my kitchen.