Soft Boy

A little day(requested character)

   I wake up and see Tye is on her phone. I wiggle and she looks over at me
   "Goodmorning baby how'd you sleep?" she asks. I instantly feel little again.
   "Good!" I whisper. Mommy kisses me on the forehead.
   "Mommy's gonna make pancakes!" Tye says.
   "Leo like pancakes!" I say. We go  into the kitchen and Tye starts cooking.
   "Leo mommy has a surprise for you on the couch, why don't you go look?" Tye says in a sing song voice. I wander into the living room and see a pack of colored pencils and a color me Dino coloring book! I squeal and run to hug Mommy.
   "Tank you so much!" I say hugging her tight.
   "I saw it at the store this morning and couldn't resist, now go color a picture for me," she says. I lay on my tummy and color on the floor. I come to a page that says color your own dino, so I do.

I rip it out carefully then run to show mommy.
   "Mommy look! I drew a cutiesaurus!" I say showing her the picture. She smiles when she sees it and gives me a kiss on the cheek.
   "That looks so good! Mommy's gonna put it on her fridge!" And she does. She tapes it right in the center. We eat pancakes and talk about everything my regressed mind finds important. She cut my pancakes into small pieces and that made me happy.
   "Hey baby, so mommy joined a group on Facebook for littles and their caregivers, and I found a little in the area that I think you would get along with, would you wanna have a play date with them today?" she asks.
   "Okay mommy sounds fun!" I say through a mouth full of pancake. She chuckles and pulls out her phone.
   "Okay I'll text Carter," she says pulling out her phone.
   "MAMA WAIT! I CAN'T HAVE A PLAY DATE WITHOUT MY TOYS!" I accidentally yell. Tye shushes me.
   "Okay how bout we go to toys R us and we can pick out a few things to keep around here, that sound good? she says in a soothing voice. I nod and go get dressed. I brought a green T-shirt with a dinosaur on it and a pair of shortalls.
   Mommy drives while I talk about all the toys that I want.
   "Hold mommy's hand, she doesn't want you getting lost," she says when we enter the huge store. Its early in the morning so we seem to be the only customers there. We walk towards the baby stuff cause mommy wants to get sippys and bottles.
   "Mommy look!" I say pointing and trying to drag her to a rattle I see across the aisle.
   "Go grab it, just don't wander too far," she says letting my hand go. I toddle over there and grab it. I shake it once and giggle. Then I spy a teether so I go grab one. Then a coloring book, hot wheels, and blocks. By the time I look around I can't see mommy anywhere. I start to panic and I can't get ahold of my big brain.
   "Mommy!" I yell across the store before I can think of why I shouldn't. In around 30 seconds Tye is by my side.
   "Baby, mommy told you not to go too far," she says giving me a hug.
   "I know mommy, I just wanted to grab more and more stuff," I say. Mommy smiles at me and ruffles my hair.
   "Its okay sweetie, show me what you got,"
   I show her the blocks, cars, rattle, teether, and coloring book. She shows me the sippys, bottle, and baby dishes she got.
We get home at 12:00 and Carter is coming over at 12:30.
   "Okay let's get everything set up on the floor," Tye says. We put all the toys and coloring books on the floor. Just then the doorbell rings. Mommy heads to the door and I follow close behind her. When she open the door I see a small pale boy at the door. They have gray hair and big round glasses. They're wearing a baggy sweatshirt, short female denim shorts, and pink knee highs. They're carrying a sparkly pink my little pony backpack, that I assume has little stuff. They look very small and happy.

   "Hi Carter! I'm so glad you could make it!" Mommy says giving them a hug. I hide behind mommy because I feel shy.
   "This is Leo!" Mommy says pulling me out from behind her.
   "Hi Carter! Wanna go play?" I ask feeling my confidence come back. They nod and we run to the living room.
   "I has coloring books and blocks and cars and I have my stuffie Mr.Cuddles!" I say grabbing my stuffie and showing him off.
   "I brought my unicorn! Her name is Miracle! I also brought my paci!" Carter says showing me a baby pink adult paci. I grab my white one and show them.
   "We paci babies!" I say putting in my paci. Carter does the same and we giggle. We decide to color and watch Thomas the train. Carter reaches into their bag and pulls out a Carebear coloring book.
   Around an hour later I start to feel mischievous.
   "Hey Carter," I whisper.
   "What?" they ask.
   "Let's go exploring!" I say standing up. Mommy was in the kitchen making snackies so we slipped down the hall. We run through Mommy's room, the bathroom, closets, then we go back to the hallway and get to a room I've never been to. I didn't even know the apartment was a two bedroom.
   "Shhhh," I say as we walk into the room. Its filled with boxes and undecorated compared to the rest of the apartment.
    "BOXES!" Carter whisper yells. They run and crawl into one. I do the same and we giggle. I spy some duct tape sitting on a coffee table.
   "Let's make a train!" I say showing them the tape. We arrange the boxes then tape them together. I sneak into the living room and grab markers. We start coloring the train and its looking good. I hear a knock in the doorway. I look and see mommy standing there.
   "Hi Mommy," I say knowing I'm caught.
   "Hi miss Tye," Carter says. We both gulp and Tye laughs.
   "I made Mac n cheese, come eat," she says with a chuckle. Carter and I eat on baby plates and it makes me feel extra small.
   "Is mama mad?" I ask.
   "No mommy's not mad, I think you two are absolutely adorable," Me and Carter squeal.
   At 4:00 Carter leaves. I'm sad to see them go cause we were having so much fun, but we make plans to finish our train next weekend.
   "Thanks for letting me have a play date!" I say. Mommy hugs me tight.
   "Anytime sweetie," she says.
   I get going soon after too. When I get home my mom has a million questions for me and I have a million answers.
   I go to sleep on time and dream of spending more time with Tye, my girlfriend.