My Life as an Irish American Girl

My brother Ryan texted me at 8:30am on Friday and I read it at 9:30am cause I'm not an early bird. He wanted to surprise my mom with flowers before she got home. So as last minute men think, they resort to the person they know won't say no. That person happened to be me, his sister. Another thing last minute men say is what he said to me, "I couldn't get them delivered." Keep in mind he could've but he waited till the day of to do it. I happily went to the flower store to do a good deed. Mom LOVED the flowers and the note that he wrote too. (To be honest he did write the note I just typed it up to it was visible for mom)

After work my parents and I went out for dinner to a Steak House called Outback. It's an Australian restaurant. They have french fries which they call Aussie Fries) I got the usual chicken tenders with fries. My Mom got the ribs and my dad got the ribs with BBQ chicken. I tried his chicken and it was DELICIOUS.

My brother Brendan bought brownies and cannolis from a famous bakery called Michael's. My parents and Brendan watched Jeopardy. Then I made my mom Rasberry Tea and myself regular Irish tea from Ireland.

On Saturday evening, Aunt Amy and my two little cousins Henry and William came over for dinner. Brendan made a delicious baked chicken with mashed potatos and gravy.

After dinner we taught Henry how to play the card game UNO. He won the first round and Brendan won the last round. Then we had a cup of tea with Carvel Ice Cream Cake.

Have to say Mom had a great birthday!

On Saturday, my dad and I went to Petco to get more sisters for Rhianna and Ashley. After asking a Petco expert if we could mix baby Bettas with full grown Bettas, we went over to the section where they had many different types of baby Betta fish.

This time Dad and I picked two Bettas we never heard of before. One is a Koi which is a Siamese fighting fish. The other Betta is a Elephant Ear. Two beautiful unique fish. The other two are the same as the ones we started with back in May of last year.

Sydney is a wide white Elephant Ear fish.

Betty is a baby pink fish. She's the size of a new born baby's finger.

Skylar is a navy blue baby fish. Same size as Betty.

Violet - is a wide pink mixed with a hint of purple.


I have an Australian pen pal friend who lives near Sydney. In honor of my friend, I decided to name one of my fish after the capital of Australia.

Now the moment you all been waiting for! *drum roll* Pictures of these beautiful Bettas. Just to let you all know, I had to zoom in on Betty and Skylar because they are very small and hard to see.