Erin’s eyes darted to Nolan as her mind snapped back to the current moment. “Throw you?”

He nodded excitedly, a wide grin on his face as his head bobbed up and down. “Bear throws me.”

“I’m not as strong as Blair, sweetie.” Erin’s mouth watered as she thought about Blair’s toned arms with muscles that became very apparent any time she picked up Nolan. Stop it. Stop it. Stop it.

“Please! Please! Please!” Nolan reached his arms up as he jumped up and down in front of her.

Even though she wasn’t sure how she was going to do it, she couldn’t say no to him, especially when he actually remembered to say please. “Fine. I’ll try my best.”

“Yay!”

She picked Nolan up and awkwardly tossed him into the water. He skimmed the water and landed barely beyond her grasp.

Nolan’s eyebrows were furrowed when he turned around to stare at Erin. “Bear throws better.”

Erin shrugged. “I told you I’m not as strong as her. You can do that when she brings you to the pool.”

“When she bring me next?”

“I don’t know. Probably the next time she watches you after you spend special time with Mommy this weekend.”

Honestly, Erin wished Blair was the one with him right now. Erin had mentioned watching him on Fridays in the initial text she sent to Blair, but since Blair never said anything about it, Erin felt uncomfortable bringing it up again. She clearly wasn’t interested, and Erin was just thankful she had her for four days a week. She could hopefully find a way to figure out how to make Fridays work. This was the first time trying to work from home with Nolan. It had to get easier, right?

It certainly didn’t feel easy when they left the pool three hours later, and Erin was completely exhausted. Luckily, if all of the yawning Nolan was doing on the walk home was any indication, he was also tired. Maybe she could convince him to take a nap and she could finally get some work done.

Unfortunately, as soon as they walked into the house, Nolan ran to the couch and jumped up and down on it, “What now, Mommy?”

“Well, first, you’re going to stop jumping on the couch. Remember what happened the last time you did that?”

Nolan squinted his eyes and dramatically rubbed his head. “I hurt myself.”

“You did. So, is it a good idea to do it again?”

“I’ll be careful,” Nolan said as he continued to jump. His eyes closed and he honestly looked like he might fall asleep mid-air.

Erin gently grabbed ahold of his arm to stop him. “I have a better idea. You’re clearly tired. Why don’t you take a nap?”

“No!” Nolan yelled so loud it made Erin jump. “I’m a big boy. I don’t nap.”