we go church, Mommy

I did, in fact, take Dennis to church this morning, and he walked down the hall to the nursery chanting "Want to play trucks" over and over. He announced this as soon as he walked in the door and proceeded to do just that. When I picked him up after the service, he wasn't ready to leave and said "come play dinosaurs, Mommy" and I noticed him sitting at a table with a bin of rubber dinosaurs mostly emptied out. He had apparently had great fun with the dinosaurs and with the trucks, and the blocks, and even got to go outside and 'drive' a younger toddler around the playground in a play car. He sure loves church! I can't wait for him to start learning why we go. The foundation is laid--he talks about God and Jesus, and he INSISTS we pray before meals and at bedtime.

Tonight I was talking to him and his Daddy and he looked up at me and said "BE QUIET MOMMY SHH SHH". When I spoke again, he repeated it! So bossy. I know it's a reaction to me bossing him around, which is sometimes necessary even though I hate doing it. When we got to the lake today and I told him a dozen times to stop going out the door and come back and don't climb on the counters, etc, he walked through the house twisting up his little face and chanting "no no no, stop that, no no no, come here, no no no no no!". Lots of frustration to vent!