ear cramps

Have you ever had ear cramps? When Dennis told me this, he was actually sitting on the toilet. I thought he'd invented a new way to tell me his ears hurt, so I was all set to break out the emergency antibiotic. Upon further interrogation, he said that "ear cramps are when your ears go like this" (and he made his hands into puppets, opening and closing them) and he said "and they go cramp, cramp, cramp" in a funny voice. I asked if he was hearing his heart beat in his ears and he said "yes, sometimes when you have to poo-poo really bad you hear that and it's called ear cramps". Well, I learn something new every day! He assures me the cramps are gone now and his ears are just fine. Excellent.

We wrapped up November with "I'm thankful for rectangles and triangles", and after he went to bed, I got out the Advent calendars and the tree for the Advent calendar ornaments. Tonight was the first night we were all together around the table, so we lit the first candle in our Advent wreath and read some verses and a prayer. Dennis loved that but most especially loved blowing out the candle! We had some Christmas festivities tonight--we had a pizza party and watched The Grinch and then we began assembly of our gingerbread house (which should conclude tomorrow night after the purchase of more icing and a more favorable squeezing apparatus). Lots of fun, and lots more to come!