another 2 in 1

I don't know how I keep running myself so much that I'm not blogging as often, but there you have it. Last night I was completely exhausted! Not that yesterday was so big of a day, but Dennis was up Saturday night crying of ear pain, so he slept in our bed. He seemed fine yesterday morning, and so we went to church. He had a last choir rehearsal to attend, and he also came into the service at the end of it to take communion with the rest of the congregation. We lunched at Burger King with the family after church, and I made Dennis take a nap before his choir musical last night. As always, watching the preschool choir is a joy, always humorous. Dennis didn't hug Grace mid-performance (like last year), but he did chew his fingers, take some lint out of his pocket, lift his shirt up to show his belly a couple of times, and (his best move) nearly knocked a kid out after the choreography that required him to wave his hands in the air vigorously. We heard gasps and giggles echoing through the sanctuary. And we realized that we probably shouldn't have given him cold medicine right before the performance.

Today we helped Gran put up and decorate her Christmas tree, and then Gran and I went shopping out of town while Dennis and David went to Taekwondo and then came home. I got the sweetest phone call from Dennis when on my way home, and he told me good night and that I needed to put out my shoes for St. Nicholas Day (which is tomorrow). The shoes are out. I caught Neely the Elf waiting by Dennis' shoes. I hope he doesn't eat all Dennis' candy that St. Nicholas will bring... This morning Dennis found Neely in his underwear drawer, wearing a pair of Dennis' undies, two unmatched socks, and one of Dennis' ties. I heard Dennis exclaim "What in the world? You CRAZY elf!!!". This is better than when we found him Sunday morning, sitting at my computer, looking at Jingle Claus the Elf on Facebook. What was so disconcerting is that Jingle is an elf fashion designer, and we found my debit card and wallet on the computer--I wonder what Neely might have been ordering...

Dennis' Deep Thought of the Day: "What do you think Christmas was like a long time ago?". I asked him how long ago he meant, and he asked "well, how did the Indians celebrate Christmas before the other people got here?". Gran and I speculated that they might not have even known about Christmas. He thought that the Pilgrims would have told them about it, and then he wondered how the Pilgrims celebrated. Good food for thought!