Seuss surprise

After playing outside for much of the early part of the day (and riding his bike and scooter), he fought me big time about taking a nap. When he got up, he was very excited to go and see Uncle Denny. But first, he had a prank to play on Pop. He found a huge black rubber spider and held it behind his back as he crept toward the woods behind the greenhouse where Pop was working, humming innocently as he walked. When Pop wasn't looking, Dennis tossed the spider onto the ground in front of him and yelled "oh no! Pop, LOOK!" as he pointed to the faux arachnid. Pop let out a yell of surprise before he laughed, and Dennis dissolved into big belly laughs, delighted with the success of his joke. David tried to hide a smirk of pride at his antics!

We took Lemonade with us to see Uncle Denny, and he whined in the car a good bit on the way down. I admit to feeling a bit disappointed--we've never had a dog that didn't love car rides! Dennis felt the need to inform me "Lemonade is crying again" whenever there was a whine (so helpful). When I stopped for gas, I bought Dennis some cheese puffs. At the next pitiful puppy moan, Dennis fed him a cheese puff. There were no more whines, not even on the drive back! Who knew that a cheese puff would be the solution? Now I'm hoping we can take him more and more places! On the way to the lake, though, Dennis did tell me "Lemonade has to go potty really bad!". Since I heard no whining from the crate, I asked "and how do you know that?". Dennis replied "because he's holding himself!". I cracked up laughing, but Dennis said "hey, I'm serious!". Oops.

Uncle Denny had a special surprise for Dennis, a book of the lost stories of Dr. Seuss. Dennis told me on the way home what a special day this was and how Uncle Denny made it special. He is so appreciative of everything we do for him, and I'm sure he's realized that just makes us want to do more things to delight him! I love that kid!