Happy Mother's Day

It was a very happy Mother's Day. Dennis was so sweet in church this morning. He demolished the red carnations that Gran and I were given at the door. First he ripped the heads off, then he tore some petals out, and then he broke the stems into many pieces. But he didn't cry or carry on or even fidget much. He was very happy for the whole service.

We ate Mexican food for lunch, and Dennis didn't want anything. He was so sleepy that he barely made it through the meal. He fell asleep immediately after I put him in the carseat. Brought him home and carried him directly to his crib, and he didn't even wake up when I pulled his shoes and socks off. He had a nice nap, and then we went to meet the grandmothers for a swim. He floated around in his baby float, played with his boats, splashed us all, and even went down the slide. David was stationed at the foot of the slide and caught Dennis and splashed him down in the water like he had slid down into the water himself, just like he had watched us do. He squealed and laughed in delight. We had supper afterward, and he smeared his banana all over my right side. After supper, we took him to the park to swing and slide and walk, and he had a great time. When he was walking, David told him to be careful because the ground was uneven, and Dennis said (twice) "careful". He violated a diaper there at the park, and we took him back to the car for a change, at which point we had the following conversation:

"Dennis, did you dirty your diaper?"

"Hey ha abo"

"Does it feel better to have a nice clean diaper?"

"Bay ghee"

"Did you have fun at the park?"

"Hot hot beeee ball abo bay daa dog "

"Are you ready to go home?"

"Home. Bee bay bee ghee haa hot."

"Let's go home"

"Ba ba ba ba bay ba ha haa a boo ya ya daa"

I feel truly informed now, because certainly that was important information. Tonight we played with his new Noah's Ark playset, and he loved it. He taste-tested each animal before putting it into the ark. He spent a long time putting the animals on the ark and in the ark and shaking the ark all around. He climbed up on his activity table (didn't know he could do this) and then stood up and gave us a table dance. After he was up there 10 minutes, he tried to figure out how to get down. He stuck a leg over the side while holding on, but never lowered the leg to the floor. So I asked him, "How are you planning to get down?". He grabbed my hands and put them on his waist and leaned toward me. He had apparently planned for me to get him down, which I did because he was so cute putting my hands on his waist and smiling at me. He's asleep now after a busy day. Watching him enjoy his day so much was the best Mother's Day present ever, although I do also like the shoes that I bought for myself from David and Dennis.