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Later they went off by themselves into the living room, while everyone else was out on the deck, and climbed up on the sofa to talk. Tony explained lots of things to Eddie (I couldn't hear what.) Then Tony did all sorts of goofy things to make Eddie laugh. They were at it for an hour, laughing a ton. Eddie was trying to copy the things Tony was doing. They got down on the floor and pretended to sleep, which they thought was a hoot.
Later on, Tony got up on a lap to play a game on a tablet. Eddie wandered up to see what was going on, and Tony said "Not now, I'm busy now, buddy!"
Tony was great at sharing his toys with Eddie. He let Eddie play with the toys he wanted. When Eddie was monopolizing the Wiggles guitar (an instrument of audio torture), Tony asked nicely if he could have a turn and didn't grab it or shove Eddie. This is quite a change of pace from almost-2-year-olds and I was impressed.
Eddie fell in LOVE with a matchbox fire truck. He carried it everywhere, and whenever he realized it was out of sight he would put his open hands out to the side in an inquisitive gesture and plaintively say "Truck?" It was cutely pathetic, or pathetically cute. I warned him several times before we left that he'd have to leave it behind, which may have helped, because he only cried for a short while. He was pretty sad to leave and say good-bye to everyone. He really likes spending time with family.
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