spinning things

We actually got out of the house today, a first for the week, and I think we are slowly improving in health. Thank goodness for that!

Today was characterized by spinning things. First is the solar system we are building at Dennis' insistence. He has been asking to do this for quite a while, and when I was making out a shopping list, he listed some things of his own that he thought we needed. A solar system, paint for the planets ("just red will be fine"), an Auburn football complete uniform with helmet and jersey and white pants, and orange and blue pompoms, those are the things he absolutely had to have. Oh, and rounding out his list: a spinning toothbrush (the second 'spinning' thing important to today) which we bought for him, a Thomas the Train model. We also bought spinning brushes for ourselves, so tonight we are a family with very clean teeth! Imagine the face he made the very first time the spinning brush touched his teeth: priceless!

Oh, and he conceded to painting the sun and Saturn yellow. We'll be adding color stripes to Saturn, and some rings, but he's most excited about painting Mars. Red is his absolute favorite color. Nothing else comes close!