our day off

Dennis and I stayed in today. He woke up at 6:15 for some awful reason--he doesn't wake up this early on school days even and I often have to drag him out of bed. Not today! He visited me periodically but came to the conclusion that I had no intention of getting up that early! I made sure he had breakfast and then he entertained himself in his room for the majority of the day. He assures me he will clean up tomorrow. I insist he doesn't wait that long. His room had been looking so great, but he decided to get out everything at once, and now I can't even walk in there!

He spent a good half hour with his computer Advent calendar (thanks to Nana Gaynell and Poppa Jim) this morning. He's always anxious to click on the new date, and then he likes to start it over and do days 1 through whichever day we're on. He did this several times this morning. He tried to negotiate his way out of his nap, which I didn't allow, and in his anger, he pulled his wall hanging off his wall. I got angry, of course, and then he wanted a hug. I've assured him that we still love him even when we're angry or upset with him, and he wanted to test this. I happily hugged him, and he said "you really do still love me even when I do something bad!". Later, he got up and told me how much he loved me, even when he was mad at me. Then he gave me a big hug and told me I was the best mom he'd ever had. Love that kid!

This morning he found the elf with his legs sticking up out of the box of Cheez-its. I had to apologize for forgetting to feed him last night!