big worries

This morning, Dennis woke up crying, and I went in to his room to lie in his bed before he could come and join me in our bed. After a few minutes, he announced "you're too big, Mommy" and so I came back to my own bed with him trailing behind. He noticed that his Daddy's side of the bed was empty and began asking where David was. I told him that he was at work, but Dennis had some concerns. He asked "is Daddy in the tornado?". I assured him that the tornado was gone now and he had many more questions about what a tornado actually is and if it was going to hurt our house. After I thought I'd put his fears to rest, he said "I don't want the tornado to get Daddy" and even though I promised that it was gone and Daddy was safe, he was still upset. We had to call Daddy at work for reassurance.

Tonight I worked at the gym for a couple of hours and then we went out for a little family dinner at Taco Bell. We'd been seeing the ads for shrimp tacos and wanted to try them. They are very very good, but a little pricey, and we were delighted to discover that Dennis will actually eat at Taco Bell now. He devoured a soft taco and a cheese roll up and put a dent in a bag of cinnamon twists. Then it was more Man Night as I went for a walk with Gran. I think they had a good time together. When they came to pick me up for dinner, Dennis showed me the new Thomas the Train stuff that Daddy had bought for him, and it's a special occasion indeed when Daddy takes him toy shopping and lets him get something!

When I got home tonight, he had just gone to bed (Dennis, not David, though he wasn't far behind), and I went in to see him. He was awake and asked "what were you doing?" and I told him I was walking with Gran and he said "oh, so that's what was going on last night!". I laughed and assumed he meant tonight and then we said the Lord's Prayer together and the goodnight prayer and he talked himself to sleep shortly after.