reward train

Dennis accompanied us northward on our errands today. Mostly he was happy about it. He was happy to see his beloved Aunt Lulu who left 2 lipstick prints on his cheek. He gave her many hugs and stared in wonder at all the cajun memorabilia on the wall in the restaurant! He was also happy to get out of the car at Target and ride in the main part of the cart instead of the baby seat in front. I know--that's dangerous and not recommended, but it is much easier to watch him 'surfing' in the high walled main part of the shopping cart than to watch him stand up in the front baby seat and 'surf' there. He hates riding in the baby seat and usually worms out of the safety belt and stands up and leans on us.

The Target we went to was a SuperTarget, only it wasn't. The toy selection was terrible, especially the Thomas the Train section. Thomas usually gets half an aisle for all his merchandise, but at this particular store only got one little endcap, and there was only ONE Take Along Thomas choice--a Hardworking Thomas coupled with a giggling Troublesome Truck. Naturally we bought it because he loved it and I've been wanting one of those giggling naughty freight cars (the giggle makes me laugh). Or excuse me--I've been wanting HIM to have one of those cars... So he was pleased, very pleased, and played trains for a good while before he started nodding off in the backseat. We kept him awake long enough to park at McDonald's, though it was past 2 pm and he was READY to nap, and he happily ate almost an entire chicken mcnugget happy meal with apple slices all by himself. He likes the words chicken nugget (and mcnugget) and kept pointing to the chicken so I'd say it again. I really think he can say anything he wants to say now.

The picture shows him turning on the windshield wipers while the car was parked in the parking lot (with no key in the ignition). He also adjusted the radio and turn signals. And he practiced his driving.