Dennis stayed in all day with his Daddy and his Pop. Gran and I went shopping all afternoon at the outlet stores and she bought Dennis a couple of cute summer outfits. Once we got home, Dennis woke up from a nap and ate supper with us. He kept saying "happy". I think he's almost made the connection to what it means as well--he pointed to a smile in a picture and said "happy". He just kept chanting it at the dinner table. I suppose he was pleased with his fish stick and macaroni and cheese meal. Maybe it made him happy.
After supper, he said "stairs" and "farm", meaning that he wanted to go downstairs and play with his farm. He's been very careful on the stairs. He waits for us to go down with him and he either holds a hand and walks down or scoots down on his rear end (saying "bam" each time his bottom hits the next step down). We had the most fun watching him play farm tonight. He walked his Little People Eddie over to the barn and said "hey, cows" then "hey, sheep" then "hey, pig" and "hey, goose". Eddie greeted all the characters separately. He'd then walk the animal that he had greeted out of the barn to play with Eddie and Farmer Jed. They drove the tractor and truck around the farm and some of the animals ate some corn... It was a typical day at the farm. It's serious, very involved play that he does now, and we love watching him move the characters about and make them interact with each other. It's accompanied by a stream of chatter, and much of that includes relevant words to the playing that's going on. He has really done some growing up this weekend. He can say just about any word we ask him to say now. And it happened so FAST!
The picture is from yesterday's outing--a bundled up Dennis in his stroller, ready for a cold night on the town.
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