A Funny Tommy Story

Last week, we were attempting to play Uno with Ben and Reagan. Both kids were tired and in that late-in-the-evening goofy zone. We managed to squeeze 15 minutes into the game, constantly reminding the kids of whose turn it was, etc. Tommy had been hanging around us, watching the game, looking at my cards and throwing out whatever card I told him to. Then suddenly, a very serious look came across his face. He started digging into the face-down pile of cards and pulled out about 20 cards. We said, "Hey, Tommy...." but he looked straight into Mike's face, shook his finger at him as if saying "uh uh uh" and said, totally straight-faced, "Need this, Daddy. I need this. I need this." Without even a grin, he proceeded to sit back down and hold his cards in his hands like we were. Mike and I giggled and figured out that Tommy wanted to play on his own and just realized that he had no cards. Then all four of us started to really laugh. Tommy, for the first time ever I think, realized he was the one we were laughing at, only he didn't mean to be funny. He used his hands to turn my face, looked me straight in the eye, shook his head and said, "NO FUNNY, Mommy, NO FUNNY." Poor kid. He was so darned cute, we had to laugh, but in his mind, he was 100% serious. I guess next time, Tommy gets to play UNO too.