gonna be a doctor

I had a nice long sleep this morning because Daddy took Dennis with him to get new tires on our Tracker. They had breakfast together at Wal-Mart and hung out and looked at toys and watched the tires getting put on, and Dennis came home with a new "cherry picker" truck that he could not wait to show me.

The most exciting part of Dennis' day today was the hospital visit. I asked him this morning if he wanted to go by Pop's house and then go see Uncle Denny and he looked at me like I'd lost my mind and said "No, no, Mommy, I can't go see Uncle Denny because he is at the HOSPITAL." When we went in to see Uncle Denny, Dennis again was very worried about a big boo-boo being under Uncle Denny's cast. Uncle Denny told him that he'd be getting a robot leg to match his other one. Dennis was even more interested in the room gadgets, like raising and lowering the bed OVER AND OVER again, giving Uncle Denny a nice ride. When the nurse came in, he asked her "are you going to give him a checkup?" and she said she wasn't just then, and then he pointed to the IV drip and said "that controls the medicine that is going into Uncle Denny's arm" and we all told him how right he was. He then announced "I'm going to get a checkup too" and she asked him about it and then he said "I'm going to be a doctor, Doctor Dennis."

His socialness continued later at Target when some ladies in the checkout line noticed his orange and blue shirt and asked him if he liked Auburn. He said "I have an Auburn hat." They asked him if he was going to play for Auburn and he said "no, I'm going to play at home." This cracked me up because of the look that accompanied what he said, a true David Mitchell look. He didn't complain or beg for bed on the way home because A) he had a new toy and B) I was playing music from my iPod over the car radio. He had been telling me to turn it down and I would (a tiny bit), and then "I Like To Move It" came on and I sang along with it. Dennis got excited and sang too and said "turn it loud, Mommy, no LOUDER than that!" as I increased the volume to his desired level. He said "this is my favorite song" and I wish all of you could hear how cute it is when he sings it. I will never hear that song without thinking of the Smiths' wedding rehearsal, as we bridesmaids were walking down the aisle to a chorus of same song (vocals by Jess).