The evening just got better. While I was inside just putting away some laundry, I looked out back and there a bunch of kids our in my backyard with my S. When it peaked, there were a grand total of 12 kids back there. Two other neighborhood Dads came over. So I had a little impromptu part in my backyard. It's something my W always dreamt of, but she wasn't here to enjoy it. Guess that's just the way the cookie crumbles sometimes.
My S stayed outside until about 8:40. We still needed to have dinner and go to the grocery. He had a little bit of a late bedtime. Yikes!