addendum

Sometimes it happens that I write the blog too early and something hilarious happens. Tonight, it was two things. First, just after I published the first entry, Dennis was playing some educational games on the Nick Jr. website. He suddenly jumped up and announced "I need to go potty really really bad!" and RAN to the bathroom. We all of a sudden heard him singing the Hallelujah Chorus (nearly the entire run of 'hallelujahs' before we heard a flush). I guess it was sweet relief!

And then, just now, I was lying in bed with him, trying to calm him down for sleep. He was a bit wound up from sheer exhaustion, and we were talking about all kinds of things, why we had a baby, why Dave and Ellen decided to have Chloe, etc., etc. He asked me for some Airborne (I am always a sucker for this, and he knows it) because he felt "just a little bit sick". I am never sure if it's a ploy to stay awake or if he really feels bad, and he knows this and uses it to his advantage. I could hear him laughing all the time I was walking to the kitchen and preparing it. As he was drinking it, I started making funny faces (I don't know why), and that turned into a funny face competition, which further descended into a fart-noise competition. We got so rowdy that David appeared in the doorway to see what was going on. We were collapsed with laughter, practically howling with it. I don't know what happened, why I suddenly reverted to six-year-old level, but it was raucously good fun. And now we both have to calm down enough to sleep!