party naked

Tonight we had a fabulous home cooked supper at Dennis's Grandma's lake house. David and Jason did some major boathouse repair, and Grandma had some company visiting. She made pork roast, potatoes, corn on the cob, pinto beans, cornbread, beer bread, slaw, German chocolate cake, and blackberry cobbler, all absolutely homemade. I'm gaining weight just remembering it!

Dennis loved everything, and after he screeched to get down from his high chair, he walked around and around attempting to sample food from everyone else's plate. He really wanted more beer bread, and I think he successfully begged pieces from at least half the folks there. We were eating in the new screened porch, so he would periodically take a break and look out at the water whenever he heard a boat coming (and he'd say "boat"). He danced a lot, and he laughed a lot, and his antics made for an excellent free dinner show. When it came time to eat the blackberry cobbler, we took his clothes off so they wouldn't be permanently stained. He spent the rest of the evening in only his diaper, and he seemed so happy about it. After we were all finished eating, he kept going around the circle of people asking for tea. He got to drink some tea from Gran's cup and from Mommy's cup, and we are pretty certain that he found every unattended up and tried his best to get a swig before it was grabbed from him.

He had a great day. He loved the boat ride he went on, sitting back in his seat and surveying his surroundings through his very cool baby sunglasses, or walking back and forth in the boat, or helping Daddy drive the boat. When we got back to the dock, he walked over to the steering console and figured out how to honk the horn all by himself. He was very proud.

He didn't have to get dressed again until we went to Wal-Mart on our way home (had to buy dog food), and even though it was way past his bedtime, he enjoyed his shopping experience as much as he always does, smiling and greeting every person we saw and pointing to various unrelated objects on the shelves. He went to bed without a fuss, but I heard him in there talking to himself for several minutes before he dropped off to sleep. He was excessively cute today in everything he did. I love those days.