You love me

We enjoyed a weekend together at home after 4 weekends in a row of traveling. We went to the MSU-Vandy game on Saturday and saw a great win! The LSU-FL game was miserable, but the Saints helped dull the pain with an exciting win on Sunday.

Because we had an exhausting day on Saturday, I was just certain Jack would take a nice long nap on Sunday after church. After lunch, he headed for his room and didn't put up a fight after story time when I said it was time to go to sleep. "Ahhh, a nice long nap for everyone. What a perfect Sunday afternoon," or so I thought! He chattered, sang, screeched happily for about an hour. At one point it was "Who Let the Dawgs Out" (an MSU favorite). Then, as we watched on the monitor, he sat up and told the whole story of "Three Billy Goats Gruff" while wearing his pull-up on his head. (No book needed; this is his new favorite story that he asks us to tell ad nauseum.) Fortunately, he is doing great with potty training, and we just switch to a pull-up at nap time so that if he should slip into a nice deep slumber, he won't have an accident. That wasn't a concern yesterday! No deep slumbers happening during that "nap time." Amazingly, after just "resting" for an hour, he was in a great mood the rest of the day. Go figure!

Last night, Brent made some strawberry bread for a demonstration he is doing today. So, we were able to enjoy a loaf with some ice cream. Jack was very intently enjoying his dessert without a word. Brent decided to strike up a conversation; here it is:

Brent: Jack, you know what?
Jack: Yes.
Brent: What then?
Jack: You love me.

The whole conversation involved no break in the rhythm of his eating and little, if any, eye contact. I guess we don't have to worry whether he knows he's loved!