Did you think I was talking about our baby? Ha, gotcha! Let's be real, I'm sure this baby won't be coming til at least 40 weeks. I'm just hoping she's not 10 pounds by then. Anyway, ever since Paco died Josh has been trying to convince me to get more gerbils. I have been resisting saying that we should just wait til after we potentially move. Josh took Shane to the library yesterday while I stayed home with napping Marissa and I started to get a little worried after they'd been gone for 2 hours. I mean Shane could have lasted that long reading books, but I knew Josh wouldn't have! And then I knew immediately what was happening- he was taking Shane to look at gerbils!!! He came home and started to tell me and I said "I know exactly where you where. I know you too well." Apparently he had taken Shane and was talking to him about getting some and Shane had said, "No, mommy said we need to wait til May." As they were walking out of the store Shane got sad and said, "But I have no pets." And Josh told him they could go get some now and Shane still said, "No, mommy said we should wait til May." Oh how I love that little boy!! So after convincing me that it wouldn't be a big deal to move them, and having the kids ask in their sweetest little voices, I caved. My husband can be a persistent little bugger. But that boyish excitement and enthusiasm is also why I love him:) Oh, and he also said he would cook dinner if I agreed to go to the pet store after, and I said, "No, I don't mind cooking dinner. How about if you clean the toilet and mop the floor?" And we had a deal.
So now we are the proud owners of Boovis and Material. Can you guess who named them? We averted the whole Shane desperately wanting to name the baby Boovis situation by telling him when we got another gerbil he could name him Boovis. And apparently Material is also a very funny name. We were telling him on the car ride back that he could decide when we got home which gerbil was which, and when we pulled out the light brown one he immediately said, "Oh! That's Material!" And so it was. Which meant the black one was Boovis. The kids were in heaven watching them get acquainted with their new home and Shane was telling them he loved them and all sorts of other cute things. At one point he was watching them and said, "Yep. Those are the right names." And I'm happy, because I have 2 very happy kids (3 if you count Josh;) ), and a clean floor and toilet.
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2 happy kids and a clean floor and toilet--Life is good at the Dettingers!
You should be on the game show "Let's make a deal." I think you'd make a killing! I'm so glad you guys are enjoying the new pets. Shane was so cute when he told me the 12th Article of Faith and then told me the names of the gerbils. Those are funny names!
You are quite an easy sell! A clean toilet lasts a few days, but gerbils last for YEARS! Kenley and Nick have been begging me for a dog for 2 years. You're a better mom than me. haha :)
welcome boovis and material!! :) so funny. and congrats on your clean toilet and freshly mopped floors. by the way, based on your title, i totally thought you were introducing your new babe. you're a tease!
I love those names. Our Gecko's name is Peep because Clare was obsessed with the marshmallow candy things at the time. :)
Way to work the floors and toilet. Nicely played!
Yes, your title got me! I love how Shane was in a moral dilemma about getting the gerbils. Good luck these last few weeks of your pregnancy!
Man, good picks for chores! And what a loyal son! That's the best part of the story. :) Those are pretty happy faces though. I think any mother would have caved under such cuteness.
Shane is probably in heaven that he finally got to name something boovis and material! They all look so happy. Hooray for the new pets.
I'm laughing so hard right now.
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