Enzo had a very good day today. He woke up super early and we lounged around the house. We headed out to the awesome annual South Pasadena Fire Station Open House - Enzo thought he had died and gone to fire truck heaven. It was the open house for the police dept next door, too - he got to climb on and in at least 6 different trucks, touch all the gear, met a bunch of firemen and policemen, got to sit on a police motorcycle, met Smokey the Bear, pet Rex the police bomb dog, met some police divers, and even got to hop onto an LA Fire helicopter and watch it take off. He had the best time.

The best part was we got a fireman and a policeman to gently remind him to take a bath or shower every night and brush his teeth every night (the last few nights, for whatever reason, there was a lot of carrying on and tears before the usual bath and teeth ritual). He listened to them very closely and was very very cooperative for bath and teeth tonight.

We called all the parents of young kids we knew to let them know about this, and met up with William and Jake and Eliza down there.

After the firetruck extravaganza, we ran a few errands and went grocery shopping. While we were in pottery barn kids he found a ratty old little Buzz Lightyear that some other poor kid had left behind. He was so excited about this thing.

He took a nice nap and he was in the best mood all afternoon. We had a fun dinner and he rediscovered his love of the sweet potato. We ran around after dinner, had a long bath, and he went to bed exhausted.

We have realized that he will come across certain words that he just likes the sound of and he will laugh hysterically when he hears them. Today these words were "Jeez Louise!" and "slop!"