More clips of my father, Thomas Blake Day (July 9,1937 – May 24, 2023) when he was little.

Dad with grandmother and great aunt and playing with his push cart with his brothers

Dad swimming at beach, playing, fooling around.  Whole family at the beach and out on boat.

Uncle Bob and Dick at Military Academy:

Mamine playing badminton.  My greatgrandfather swimming in ocean.  Dad as a toddler at the beach.

 

Tommy, Bob, and Dick play at beach together and rides on dad’s shoulders:

 

Tom at parade with family:

 

Possibly at camp Half Moon, Tom’s brothers do jumps and sprints.They also pose with their parents. Tommy runs around at very end.

 

Tom plays with dog, spins in circles, does somersaults, drinks from cup, swims at beach with brothers and mother, rides tricycle with brothers at home. Can see his nursemaid at 1:49:

 

Walking with parents and feeding pigeons.Tom at very end (not at boardwalk):

 

Family (and friends?) outdoors (at home?) sledding. Tom’s dad lifts him up at the end:

 

Family outdoors at home on a cold day. It’s dark at hard to see what they’re doing much of the time:

 

A trip in the car to a place called Fountain of Youth. Is it in Florida? There are sometimes palm trees but not in every frame so not sure.

 

Toddler Tommy walking on a cold day and later on a warmer day. Hair looks blonde. He’s waving and clapping. Dick is raking leaves. Dog is with them:

 

Mamine swimming in pool. View of the car ride. Papa parading his manly chest on the beach. No scenes with Tommy.

 

Mamine putting on lotion. Papa running. Another family is with them. No sign of little Tommy. Left up north with Aunt Faye in NJ?

 

Toddler Tommy playing on a fallen tree. (It’s kind of dark). Family are walking around the neighborhood. Aunt Faye is there. Tommy’s dad carries him. There’s a dog. Grandparents? Then there is snow scene with brother Dick.

 

Tom plays with ball on a warm day. Some man is holding Tom’s hand as he walks on sidewalk:

 

I love looking at these old home movies, partly to see my dad as a kid (and other family members who are now gone) but also to see both how life was different back then and how life has stayed the same. 🌸