crazy slinky day

Today was Crazy Slinky Day at church, of all places. It was the kickoff for the fall programs for Children's Church (or as they call it SPLASH for the Pre-K kids and SURGE for the bigger kids). Dennis happily decked himself out in Dollar Tree slinkies, one for each arm and one for each leg. He wore them throughout church and kept them on when Gran and Pop took us out for the lunch he picked (Chinese buffet--"because they have good Jello"). Then we joined them on their shoe shopping expedition, where Dennis was ecstatic that Pop bought Nikes that are just like his! Happily for me, he took a nice long nap after we returned home. After David got home, we had Dennis' favorite macaroni-and-cheese-and-hot-dogs supper, and then we had a Family Game Night. It was wonderful to be home together. It wasn't really our choice--my migraine nixed any desire I had to leave the house, and Dennis asked if we could just stay home and play as well. He beat us at Candyland and one round of Ugly Dolls, and his wiggling caused the Jenga games to be pretty short. He played Operation for the first time. The batteries were very old, so the Operation victim's nose lit up, but it didn't make the horrific buzzing sound that so unnerves me when I play the game. But the batteries must have gotten warmed up, because midway through the game, Dennis was attempting to extract a wishbone and bumped the edge with the tweezers, and there was the buzz. Dennis didn't want to play any more, said the game made him "too nervous". Just like Mommy in that respect!