monumental task accomplished

Dennis has been subdued but sweet this weekend. We haven't been out of the house, he and I, since Thursday. Well, we've been outside, but not away from home, I should say. He's had more eye troubles, just itchiness and redness, and he's been super tired. He asked me if we could just stay home today and watch TV. We stayed home, yes, but we didn't watch a whole lot of television. We finally excavated his room. It was necessary so that we could reclaim our living room. His floor was such a mess that he was bringing all his toys to the living room to play where he had space to do so. We didn't see him for hours after his room was cleaned and reorganized! And it was wonderful to go in and tuck him in and kiss him goodnight and NOT step on Legos in the process. I'm hoping he doesn't get more giant toys for his birthday. There are 2 Rescue Heroes he doesn't have, and we have a place for those to go. He REALLY wants an "Optimus Garage" (which is what he cals the Transformer Rescue Bots Optimus Fire/Rescue Station), and that will require more shelf reorganization for sure! I'd like him to get money for soccer since he's been begging me to play it again this spring. He is counting down the weeks until his birthday, which I believe is the single most important social occasion among the preschool set. He'll have his party at school on his actual birthday, and I need to start planning his big party, and I will begin to thnk about that after our Mardi Gras party next Saturday night. At least it's good motivation for cleaning house!