salute!

It's the Feast of the Epiphany, and we did have a nice meal this evening followed by a king cake! We talked about the three kings' visit to the baby Jesus, certainly something to celebrate! Gigi has come to town and we enjoyed an afternoon with her after we both went to preschool this morning (surprise news at 7am--they needed me to substitute). I got to step in to the last few minutes of Dennis' class, just in time to see his first show-and-tell experience. He showed the class Woody and Bullseye from Toy Story and talked about them. His teacher asked if there was anything else he wanted to mention and he said "I got a Buzz Lightyear and he is the COOLEST TOY EVER!" while jumping up and down and gesturing wildly. So cute!

We were eating lunch today and Dennis' bottom and the chair bottom were apparently magnetic opposites at the time. He couldn't stay seated. I warned him and started counting out loud, and he jumped back into his chair, looked up at me saucily, and saluted me as he started eating. It was so hard not to laugh. I don't love this streak of defiance we've been seeing lately, but sometimes he's quite hilarious about it!