my trusty steed & me

Dennis was really giving his rocking horse a workout today, so we got out David's childhood red cowboy hat and let Dennis try it on. He's worn it (briefly) before and loved it, so we thought we'd get him into the real cowboy spirit. Because surely today's cowboys ride while wearing Crocs shoes, don't they?

I'm trying to remember exactly what we did all day... David had fever and was home, but Dennis and I were fine. We played in his room for hours, of course, and he played at being a musician again today, playing and singing tunes on his xylophone/keyboard. I went to the gym while he took his afternoon nap, and he woke up long after I returned home. David said Dennis tossed and turned a lot and so David didn't get a good nap while I was gone...

We had his favorite, spaghetti, for supper, and he said a word that sounded remarkably similar to spaghetti. He got half a chocolate chip cookie for dessert, which made him practically levitate in his happiness. David was happy that he had located that plastic art smock as it's long-sleeved, comes down past Dennis' knees, and meant that we didn't have to strip him naked for supper, and we didn't have to run to the bathtub with him immediately after the meal. I bought the thing at some sale, maybe even the Unclaimed Baggage store. It's by Baby Bjorn and it does a great job at keeping the food off him.

He went to the playground at sunset tonight and there were lots of children there at the same time. David watched him play while Mom and I walked, and they joined us in time for our last lap, so Dennis got to stroll around the park one time. He kept leaning forward and grabbing his shoes while in the stroller. But he did keep us entertained!

Tonight while we were getting him ready for bed, we took his diaper off and I asked him if he needed to use the potty. He looked at me and said "pee pee potty?" I told him that was right, and immediately sat his naked self on the potty to see what would happen. He read three books while sitting there but didn't produce anything. I'm just excited that he might be starting to understand the concept. I got the potty out today after it's been hidden for weeks (because all Dennis wanted to do was dismantle it). I don't kid myself that we've even started potty training at all, and I know it could be a long and arduous process... We'll see what happens. He's a pretty smart little guy. It might not be the complete nightmare I think it will. Or it might be. Who knows?