4.04.2013

The Pigeon Wants...



Currently we're having the siding replaced on our house. We got our tax return and realized that for the first time, we needed to act like adults and use that money responsibly instead of getting to splurge on something fun. I'm a little bit excited about the getting-our-house-painted part, but I'm also completely over-thinking the picking-out-paint-colors process. {Warm gray? Taupey gray? Greige?? How does one make such an important decision?}

AND I've been packing up my kids and taking them to my mother-in-law's every day so they can nap in peace. Even though my mother-in-law is wonderful and feeds me cake at every opportunity, it's a huge ordeal, but I prefer it to my kids not napping at all. I mean, can you imagine?

It's causing me to have control issues a little bit. This morning after breakfast I suddenly decided "HAIRCUTS FOR EVERYONE!" and put Lucy in her highchair with a towel around her neck. {Don't worry, she wasn't putting up with my nonsense and the scissors never even touched her hair.} Then Maggie got all her hair shaved off. {Just kidding, kind of.} Max was only spared because our clippers weren't charged.

And don't you feel lucky YOU weren't at our house this morning? Five minutes after you walked in the door and I would have been saying "at least it will grow out in a few weeks." {I'm not that good at cutting hair.}

It's a special kind of crazy I've got going on right now. I keep coming up with all of these ideas where I'm like, "Do you know what would be totally awesome?" If we took a trip to Boston! If we got a dog! If I took the kids to the park for a picnic! If we got a dog! If our kids had their own mini backpacks! No really, we should get a dog! I remind myself of the pigeon in The Pigeon Wants a Puppy.

I think Christian hates it. He did enjoy watching this baby bulldog video with me last night, though, so... yeah, I think getting a dog is a real possibility for us.

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  1. omg, i was totally the pigeon too. i harassed my husband (nicely?) for months (and if i'm being honest, for years while we dated) and we finally got our puppy this past july... our "puppy" is now 11 months old and 110lbs...oops. :) i hope you get your dog!

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    1. How wonderful! If I may ask, what kind of dog did you get? I'm trying to decide on which breed would be best for our family, but it's tough!

      And thank you! I hope so, too. :)

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  2. Oh the pigeon. Good luck! As far as paint colors I like a warm neutral (like a warm grey) or cream or white. I know white's kind of boring but I'm seriously craving light.

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    1. Warm gray, YES. I'm having trouble picking an exact shade, wanting a color that's warm but also still reads gray, and not taupe or beige. And I love a crisp white, for sure.

      And I think I'll need that luck, so thank you.

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  3. Keep wearing him down, Mary! It will happen eventually. Sydney needs more cousin puppies.

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    1. I know, right?? And I hope I wear him down in the next year or so, and not in twelve years... I hope I hope I hope.

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  4. YES! get the dog! i'm the wrong person to give any kind of reason, as i plan all of my future dog's names constantly. also, your pigeon reference is amazing. i worked at a kid's bookstore and always pulled out mo willems for story time jams. also, your blog is too cute! i just stumbled on it from dear friend and i love what i see already. but really, get a dog! :]

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    1. Thank you so much! As for a dog, my husband let on to me earlier today that probably the only way we're going to get one is if he comes home from work and there's one already here... that's like the same as agreeing to get one, right? ;)

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  5. You should borrow a dog for an afternoon and have it there when your husband gets home and make him think you got it and if he's cool with it, then he'd pretty much HAVE to let you get one for real...and if he's not cool with it, thank goodness you can say "just kidding."

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  6. I am totally controlling with my kid's nap! It kind of makes me a psycho mom, but it makes life a billion times easier.

    And I'm probably with Christian on the dog, I've been babysitting/house sitting/dog sitting a family's kids in the ward for the last two weeks, and balancing the dog and 4 kids is hard. Of course, I'm not really a dog person to begin with--soooo my opinion isn't worth much ;)

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  7. This pigeon wants you to blog again! I miss you, girl! :)

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