gleeful

Imagine Dennis' delight at today's events. This morning, David disassembled the play house that's been in his room for two years. He said he didn't want it inside anymore, and he doesn't need it outside, so we're hoping to sell it. He also doesn't want his tiny train table, so it's leaving as well. He scored a great little desk from Granddaddy's house today, and there it sits, in front of his window with a grown-up chair pulled up and ready to use. He'll need a little desk lamp now for his projects! And we moved a shelving unit into his closet and rearranged his toys, so he's got some much needed space to play. This was our after-dark project, everything after the playhouse removal, because we spent the large majority of our day at Granddaddy's place, moving a few pieces of furniture and joining him for a very late lunch. We didn't plan that, but when Granddaddy drove up and found us at his place, Dennis ran to him and said "Hi, Granddaddy, do you want to go eat at a restaurant with me?". Of course he did. Dennis spent the rest of the afternoon saying "call me Sugar-boy" (Granddaddy's special name for him).

David and I had some lake projects to do today, and we were dismayed at the lateness of our arrival back in town. Another delay since we decided to stay home... But I'll hopefully get mine all completed tomorrow. Just before dark, Dennis was completely wild (having skipped his nap). I took him outside to play tee ball and ended up pitching balls to him while David assembled the free swingset we hauled here recently. Dennis is SO excited to have, as he calls it, "his very own playground!!!". So he, as he said "played so hard that my hair got all sweaty" before coming in to eat supper and play more while we cleaned and reorganized his room. It was all about Dennis today for sure!