his opinions

Imagine how you'd feel if your child came over and patted your belly and said "nice and squishy, Daddy". Yeah, David didn't love it either.

This morning he asked me "can we go to Granny's house?" and I replied "maybe soon". He said "maybe soon tomorrow?". I told him we'd have to see. We went home for a while today to get more toys to bring to the lake, and Dennis was happy to take his nap there. He didn't really want to nap, but when I put him in his bed, he fell right to sleep and took the longest nap he'd had in a week or two. He sure didn't want to come back to the lake house, telling us "we NOT going to the lake house--we staying HOME". I know he misses it there, misses his toys, misses the space to run, and eventually (in a few more days), we will be back there. As we were leaving he asked "are we living at the lake house now?" and we told him we were for a little while longer. Now we're having another very cold spell, cold and rainy today, cold and drier for a few more days, and we'll see some more freezing temperatures starting tomorrow night. This does not help the plumbing situation.

We had lunch with an old friend today, the first friend I ever made in Clanton. She met us at San Marcos. I hadn't seen her in well over a decade, maybe longer, and we'd lost touch except for the occasional email that we've been exchanging for nearly a year now. She was happy to meet Dennis and he was happy to meet her as well. He was very cute for most of our luncheon. He even ordered his own meal from the waiter, saying "I want a chicken quesadilla, rice and beans, and lemonade, and macaroni and cheese", and he got all of it except the macaroni and cheese. I love that he orders for himself now! He spoke clearly enough that the waiter understood everything (the waiter was smiling hugely at him the whole time).