Big day for Toby

Well today was a big day for Toby. He played out.
Nothing so momentous I hear you cry, he has played out before just sort of around our house but this time he was allowed right round the block out of sight.
He was so chuffed 2 local friends who are 10 came to call for him and he was allowed out in a certain space on his scooter, he came back in 5 minutes later requesting permission to go round the other block, to which we replied yes as long as they stayed together, he promptly skipped off and went off to play , being called in for tea half an hour later by me having to go and retrieve him from up the road as was normal for this kind of thing. except it wasn't at least for me!!
I remember as a kid playing out all over the place having to tell my mum where I would be and who I would be with as I was out of sight, it never occurred to me for a minute how my mum felt about that, she would come and call me for tea or I would have a watch and be in on time, it seemed so natural for me, yet I'm sure it wasn't for my mum.
I suppose really it was a big day for Andy and I watching our wonderful big boy take one more step into being a man.