Thomas's perfect day

In my imagination, today has been Thomas's perfect day. It's a rainy one (so far this summer has been the wettest here in 17 years, so it's often a rainy day!) so we met up with two of Thomas's friends - Parker and Eli (whose moms are Malia & Erin) - and went to an indoor baby "gym". It's a giant foam-covered play structure with a ball pit and slides and tubes. You can only imagine T's delight when he realized he could climb and run to his heart's delight. He was ecstatic.

We played there until the kids were exhausted & then headed home. When we pulled up to our house, another delight awaited: a digger! (Yes, the lead-pipe replacement project continues as they begin to repair our sidewalk.) The digger driver was the same man who's been coming since October and he was excited to see us, too: "I'm glad you're here!" he smiled. "I was afraid you might miss us."

But we didn't miss them and Thomas got to touch the shovel part of the backhoe. The whole crew was thrilled with his pure joy; they all took a break and watched him revel. If I can get it together, I'm going to send some of the pictures to the construction company: I'm not sure how often they are greeted with such enthusiasm!

Needless to say, Thomas is down for the count now - all that excitement has resulted in a good, long nap!