the informant

Dennis was quick to inform me of pertinent developments today and to hurry me along. When he discovered that we were going to the lake house, he couldn't wait for me to get ready to go. We made the mistake of getting him dressed first and then he worried us to pieces to "go lake house now, ride carseat, go outside, we go lake house, c'mon Mommy, c'mon Daddy!". While I was cooking supper tonight, he marched in at a crucial ingredient adding time and informed me "I poo poo, Mommy" and when I didn't respond, came over and grabbed my pant leg and said "I poo poo, I poo poo". He chanted this again and again and then I heard grunting, but I couldn't get away from the stirring and boiling and baking right at that time. I'm wondering if he was telling me BEFORE he did it. Wouldn't that be something?

Tonight he got tired of listening to the music on the stereo and marched over and pressed the power button. I walked in just as he was doing this and he looked right at me and said "I touched it". As many times as we've fussed at him for messing with the stereo, I just couldn't say anything to him tonight. It was bedtime then and he did a lot of the undressing and dressing in pajamas all by himself, something I'm proud that he's finally interested in doing.

Today he told me "I'm so cute" and "I'm so sweet". He's got his Daddy's ego! So I won't spend any time worrying about his self confidence.