Seuss fun

Tonight on our way home from some errands north of town, Dennis quizzed me on who my friends are. I named a few and he kept asking me who else, so I found myself kind of searching my brain for more names! He asked if Daddy was my friend, and I told him that Daddy was my best friend. I asked Dennis if he was my friend and he said "no, I'd rather be Daddy's friend." He's at the age where his fellow preschoolers are making and breaking 'friendships' constantly ("you're my friend...no, you're not my friend anymore"). He told me tonight that he was best buddies with Michael in his class, and he proved it tonight when we got to the preschool Family Fun Night tonight. They spotted each other in the parking lot and ran to exchange hugs. When Mrs. Linda aimed a camera at them inside, they put their arms around each other and mugged for the camera.

Family Fun Night was a blast! The theme was "Seuss on the Loose" and there were different activities all around the gym, each associated with a different Dr. Seuss book. There was a fishing booth to fish for bags of goldfish crackers (One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish), a (Little Debbie) Cake Walk (Happy Birthday to You), a booth to make animal masks (Put Me in the Zoo), an egg on a spoon race with green plastic Easter eggs (Green Eggs and Ham), a bouncy house (Fox in Socks), a Twister game section (The Foot Book), and a section to ride the scooters (Oh the Places You'll Go). Dennis loved every minute of it--all the kids did--and when we stayed after to
help clean up, he toted boxes and cones and art supplies and insisted "I can help, too!" as he grabbed a chair from me and carried it across the street.

I love preschool!