in stitches

Boy was he full of witticisms today! I wish I'd gotten the opportunity to jot more of them down before I forgot them. I do remember several things he said that made me laugh. First was this morning, when he climbed in bed for a snuggle. As I held him, I told him he was my buddy and he replied (like I was clueless) "no, Mommy, I'm Daddy's buddy--I'm your sweetie". I stand corrected.

We were headed to Wal-mart when he warned me as we walked through the parking lot "be sure to watch for gopher holes". Amused, I just laughed, so he said "are you watching? I don't think you're watching and you need to watch because gopher holes are dangerous". And I presume I would indeed be scared of a gopher that could eat asphalt.

I was tediously cutting some paper matting to frame a poster tonight and Dennis leapt up and grabbed the frame, startling me and making me mess up my cut for the third time (first two times were not Dennis related). I yelled in frustration and he informed me that it hurts his feelings when I yell, and I immediately apologized. He's right. I explained that I was frustrated and couldn't seem to get it right. He said "I think I hear Daddy's car, he must be coming home--I will go tell him you can't do it and he will help you". And Daddy was very much help, actually.

Tonight Dennis got the idea he wanted to bake cupcakes. He chose a strawberry mix, and he poured all the ingredients into the mixing bowl himself. He cracked the eggs, put papers in the cupcake pan, and when it was time to mix, announced "I am afraid if the mixer so I'm going to go to another room where it's quiet". I told him that I thought he was going to work the mixer, so he climbed back up on his stepstool and turned it on and helped spin the bowl. He spooned the mix into the cups and even decorated many of them after they cooled. He's very proud and I suppose I am as well! They are delicious, of course.