New Earrings!!!

On Father's day, I got my ears pierced!!! My parents said I could get them when I was 10, but my birthday is in soccer season, so I convinced my parents to let me get them now. I was really nearveous at first, but I've gotten used to them already. I got to pick the earring, and I got a rainbow flower. It hurt A LOT when they used the gun. I didn't cry though. But having earrings is hard work! I have to use special alcohol to clean my ears every day, 3 times a day, for 8 weeks! I get to finally take them off August 20, witch happens to be my parent's wedding aniversary! Also, August 21, the day after I can take my earrings out, is my dad's birthday! I'm really excited, and look forward to showing my earrings to you! KATIE

How to Make a Catnip Mouse

This is how you make a catnip mouse:

what you need to make one:

• small sock
• catnip
• toilet paper/tissues
• sissors
• string
• sharpie/felt marker

1. First get a small sock that you don't use any more.
2. Fill the bottom of your sock with about half a spoon full of catnip
3. Then, put some toilet paper or tissues in the sock, but don't fill it all the way
4. Tie off the sock where the tp/tissues end. There should be about half the sock left after the tie
5. Cut off the extra sock, and draw your mouse's face with the sharpie or felt marker. Tada!

CAT (cat adoption team)

On Saturday the Friesens and I went to a cat adoption center. We got to go in different rooms and interact with the cats in them. Some of the cats were in cages, though. Before I went, I made a catnip sock mouse (witch I'll tell you how to make in my next post) to give to the cats there. They really enjoyed it! But my favorite cat, or kitten, I should say, was a tiny kitten named Bug. I LOVED Bug! Even though he was in a cage, Alyssa and I still got to hold him! He got adopted a few days later. I guess it's happy he got a home. (my parents wouldn't have let me keep him anyway, but...) That was one of my best trips ever, and I want to say thank you again to Alyssa and Rebecca.

Oh, and have I mentioned I love cats?