When Tucker was a little wee one, his dad would sometimes come home from work, grab the Boston Herald, and read up a storm with him. But being the restless baby that he was, he didn’t enjoy just sitting and being read for hours on en So to entertain him, Toph would sometimes give him the paper to play with, and he loved it. And he enjoyed it so much that as he got a little older, he would crawl to the newspaper basket and pull it out and play with it some more.
Tucker enjoyed hearing this story, and since Elliot has been born, has been asking to do this:
Tear up the newspaper into pieces and let Elliot roll around in it. Why the little pieces and why the rolling? I am unsure, that’s never been part of his story, but it was really important to him, and he asked every week to do this when our Sunday Paper arrived.
I kept saying someday, someday, but their father is a much better at making this someday happen.
And Elliot loved it, but I must say his big brothers loved watching him just as much.
They giggled and clapped and praised Elliot while dumping the newspaper on his head. And did I mention that Elliot loved it? He did.
It was a great reminder that I should try harder to make those someday into todays.