day 8: she’s 8!

Happy birthday to my favorite girlie!

Since we have been traveling and busy moving I promised Camille that for her birthday this year we would go shopping together instead of opening presents. Since she keeps saying it’s been the “best birthday ever” I think I was successful in keeping her from feeling shortchanged. We went to Claire’s and she picked out earrings and a kitty-cat headband and then we went into sequin and sparkle filled Justice to make her joy complete. Of course she also fell in love with the glitter diary and the light-up ‘C’ for her new room in our next house . . . in spite of what it looks like, she actually did have to make choices and leave some of the store behind.

Since I’m a bad shopper this was a fun and painless way to buy her birthday gift. She ran around the store pulling out things she loved and I got to exercise veto power as needed. It’s hard to believe she’s only 8 because she shops like a pro even though we never go shopping in Abu Dhabi. Never. I’ve even figured out a way to have most of our groceries delivered.

Her brothers bought her a make your own lipgloss kit

and she’s been busy writing in her diary. She said she’d let me read some of it, but not her brothers (she picked this one over the others because it has a lock on it). We ate ice cream for dinner since no one was hungry after eating Trader Joe’s snacks all afternoon and then played cards to try to stay awake until 8. 

 Night-night glitter girl! I hope 8 is great.