As they were pulling away in the UHAUL, in the pouring rain, I stood there holding Henry on my hip...sobbing. Henry touched my face and wiped a tear and said, "Mama? Mama?" and he sounded so concerned. He's never seen me cry before. I stopped crying and gave him a kiss and he said, "Mama sad." I said I was and he caressed my cheek...like how he does after he hits someone and has to apologize. And then he said, "Play trains? Thomas? Watch Thomas?" So we watched Thomas on the couch all snuggly and happy.
Finally the rain stopped pouring down so we went over to Mayfield park to get a little hiking in. The peacocks were waiting for us in the parking lot. About ten of them. Henry chased them away and then discovered there were rocks everywhere that could be thrown. So the rock throwing was not really enticing the peacocks back so we walked down to the water, where Henry threw more rocks and sticks. I love how he can just plop right down in a puddle of mud and be like, "What? I've got rocks to throw here."
Then Mae and the Other Henry (OH) arrived and the 3 of them had a pretty great time running and splashing in the Koi ponds--looking at turtles, feeding snack to the fish. After that, the 6 of us headed over to Polvo's. I got the enchiladas. Henry and Mae rolled around on the deck together, entertaining (annoying?) anyone within 20 feet of them. Henry befriended a few ladies and was giving high fives all around. Mae ate packets of sugar, Henry ate half a dozen maraschino cherries soaked in formaldehyde. On the way out, Henry punched a woman (she thought it was another high five (on the back of her arm?), and we got in the car to head home about the time Henry is normally in bed. We listened to Wu Tang ("Good song!") with the windows rolled down. Took a 5 second bath. Put on mismatched jammies. And the boy passed out in less than 2 min. All in all...a successful night of single parenting.
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