5/20/10

This dog is cute...but he has to go! He wasn't even here all day - my sister watched him all day and I still need him OUT! Ugh...

The girls slept all night last night.

I stopped at Toys R Us to buy some booster seats for the kitchen table - we are BIG GIRLS now and the high chairs are taking up too much space. But wouldn't you know that Toys R Us only had 2 of the booster seats I liked? They were $12...that's why I liked them (and probably why there were only 2 left). But I figured it would be fine...one of them can just stay in the high chair - no big deal...right.

Fast forward to dinner. Pete wasn't home - he was getting his tattoo touched up. I put Hannah & Emily in the new booster seats figuring Hailey would fit perfect on the end in the high chair. Oh. My. Lord. Hailey said (with her bottom lip all puffed out and full) "But mama - where Hailey new chair? Hailey wants new chair? No new chair for Hailey?" OMG I'm about to cry just typing this. She may as well have ripped out my heart and stomped on it. So I immediately say 'I'll buy you a new chair tomorrow baby....don't you worry.' Yeah. I caved in 3.4 seconds. I'm gonna be stronger when they're teenagers I promise!

We made it through dinner but not before Emily asked where Stryker was. They hadn't seen Stryker because he wasn't here...Little Brother was going to get him on his way home from work. At the table Emily said 'I go play with Stryker now. I all done.' Ugh...this dog needs to go soon! WE can't keep him.

After dinner the girls and I went for a very long walk. We walked over to the bridge we have and threw rocks in the waterfall. The girls saw some people playing tennis (we have tennis courts here but no one is ever playing so this was new for them). They were amazed...couldn't stop watching them hit the ball back and forth! Pete was home when we got back from our walk and the girls were pretty excited.

Little Brother came home with Stryker...and french fries! After some fries and puppy time - the girls were beat so it was time for bed. I have no idea what was going on in our heads (we need to get rid of the dog!) but we got all the way to the point of reading books when Pete looked at me and said 'Ummm...we forgot to put their pj's on'. Well wouldn't you know that not being in pj's and changing the routine was enough to throw the girls into a fit. Because the order is as follows: pj's, brush teeth, read books, turn on the radio, turn out the lights, give kisses, put up the gate, say good night, say I love you and then shut the door. They had already brushed their teeth. We put them in pj's in their room and then they were obsessed with brushing their teeth again...because that's what happens after putting on pj's. Regardless of the fact that they had already brushed teeth. It was TIME TO BRUSH TEETH! I would like to say that they brushed their teeth again...but at this very moment the dog was barking and I needed to come downstairs to find out why. No reason other than the fact that Joey left and Stryker wanted to go with him. Ugh. Back upstairs - the girls are reading books and then it was smooth sailing after that.

They're now sleeping. As is Stryker...right next to me on the living room floor while I write this blog. He sleeps all night. He's house trained. He sits. He's very playful and cuddly. And if all of those things are good qualities of a dog - and I still need to get rid of him...then it's true that we just are not ready for a dog!!!!!!