the little things

yes its the little things that make life so precious. today I experienced my first icecream cone. well not my first..but I had the priviledge to witness Caleb's first cone.

the bright eyes that glistened as his tongue touched the tip of the creamy curl. He looked at me with inquisitive eyes. Watching with curiosity as I demonstrated the how-to's of cone licking.(tough job I know ;-) ) tongue, slide, scoop, savor. Tongue, slide, scoop, savor....mmmmmmmm ...the sweet taste of summer

I could sense the anticipation as he watched me swoon and leaned forward to copy-gaining confidence with every lick. You would think he would take the cone and run-but he didn't. It was the sweetest thing-After he would take a lick he would point the cone back to me-sharing! how cool! So I answered. (for you germ conscious people I appologize-but too cute to miss). and we continued-back and forth...licking, laughing-laughing, licking....and humming those mmmmm-good sounds. (such fun!) until we reached the cone. Oh yeah! Crunch time!

"Watch this!" I exclaimed...He was a captive audience as I opened my mouth wide and slow. Strategically, and carefully crunching my teeth through the bank of snow into the wall of crrrrrruuuuuuuuuunch. mmmmm can you feel the love...his turn... not to good...he tries again...and again until I hear that sound crunch....then crrrunch....then yes, you guessed it I heard a crrrrruuunch...and you know ....with that sound ..I seemed to lose my turns.
I was ok with that ....because we seemed to both be launched into a new phase. part summer, part toddler. my baby was gone and now I had a new buddy.
An icecream buddy....and that aint all bad. smilling