Tommy Time, Episode 1

I realised that I never did blog about the fun times I've been having with Tommy lately. I offered to watch him one weekend a month for Cathy. So far, it's been when she has to work, but I also hope she can squeeze in a weekend for herself somewhere in there.

The first time Tommy came was for my birthday, which was really fun. I had invited the whole group of "friends with kids" over for a backyard movie party. This was actually such a great time that my future plans for the backyard include setting it up so we can have more movie parties. But, like all my projects, I have to do that on the cheap, so it will be a long process of procuring materials and whatnot before I actually have something to blog about. My favorite thing of that weekend was on Sunday morning, Tommy woke up before the sun (why?? why does anyone ever do that?? I will never understand...) and the very first thing he said to me, in his little-kid morning whisper was "Erin, is it the new day yet?" which is adorable in its own right, but also because Cathy had sent him with a bunch of food for the party (have I mentioned how absolutely awesome she is??) and the "premiere" item was this box of donuts that she told him he couldn't eat until "the next day". So, the very first thing this kid thinks when he wakes up is, "can I have a donut?" Um, yeah, he's definitely my nephew.