Fortress of Fun

What an awesome day of rest and renewal this was! Dennis and I stayed home and stayed in out of the rain and cool weather. He thrived in his environment today, happily renewing relationships with toys long neglected and playing with the usual favorites. He was in a happy, fun, and delighted state all day. He played alone for long stretches of time and then would come find me for a chat and a cuddle before returning to his fun.

When David got home and I had to run out to a meeting tonight, Dennis announced his grand plan for the night: they would build a big fort out of blankets and pillows and play in it. David was exhausted after a hard day of work, so I was very pleased to talk to them on my way home and hear that they'd built a fort. Dennis greeted me in the hallway and made his important announcement and formal welcome to Fort Dennis and David before leading me to the library to see their masterpiece. The three of us sat in the fort and played Hungry, Hungry Hippos, and he shooed us out to get his fort ready for sleeping. This took many toy and pillow gathering excursions, but he'd finally created a nest for the night. We tucked him in and read his bedtime story, but he kept getting up to inform us of various fort-related business items. He intends to sleep in it every night and covert his bedroom to his lab and headquarters. The library will contain his sleeping fort and his spy office. I presume he'll stage a coup and take the kitchen and den any day now. But for now he's sleeping peacefully and happily in his fort (conveniently built around a futon).