Babykins loves going to the library. We take her to story time twice a week. She listens (somewhat) patiently to the stories, but what she really loves are the puzzles. Hubbykins and I love that we can get new books, CDs, and videos each week, so that we don't have to read the same bedtime stories every night.
This past week we got a book called, How Do Lions Say "I Love You". It's cute. Each page tells how a different animal says I love you to its children.
The first time we read it, Babykins picked her favorite animal...the cow. And I quote, "The mother cow says it with a lick and a nuzzle." As soon as Babykins heard that line, she looked at me, pushed her bangs off her forehead, and cried, "Mama lick!"
Now I'm not squeamish when it comes to Babykins - I grew her, birthed her, breast-fed her for almost 2 years, and continue to wipe her poopie heiney - but I didn't really want to get in the habit of licking her. But she was insistent, so I brushed my lip against her forehead and moved on with the story.
After that, every time we got to that page, Babykins pushed her bangs up and cried, "Mama lick!" The fake lick seemed to be working...until tonight. Tonight after I fake licked her, she looked me in the eye and said, "No! Tongue!" And stuck out her tongue to demonstrate.
At which point I broke down and licked my child on the forehead. Sigh...the things we do for our babies :)
