Thursday –The Kiss

[ninanevermore]

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Sweet Pea has been doing well with his new caregiver, the ever patient and sweet lady known as Carlie's Mom. Carlie herself is a handy build-in playmate and object of affection and frustration in this new environment. Sometimes she takes the toys I brought over there so he would have boy-toys in an all girl house and refuses to share them. I never thought a little girl would be so enamored with a toy helicopter with a rotor that really spins, but her mother tells me they bicker over it constantly and she has to make them take turns over who gets to pretend to fly it around.

He has not bitten another child since the day he left his old daycare, but that does not mean he has kept his mouth to himself. I found this out last night when he announced, "Carlie doesn't like kisses. She say's they're yucky."

"Oh, did you try to kiss Carlie?" I asked.

He nodded. "Uh, huh."

"Where did you try to kiss her?"

"On the toe." He held up his own bare foot and touched his big toe.

Oh, my.

"Carlie told you kisses were yucky…"

"So I kissed her on the toe."

"So you could show her that kisses aren't yucky?"

"Yeah, but it didn't work, 'cause she still said kisses are yucky."

"Well, maybe some girls don't like to be kissed on their toes."

"But why not?"

"You'll have to ask Carlie."

He seemed to ponder that, while I pondered about how behaviors we don't even fully understand start so early. At 4, my son has officially started chasing a girl, and wants to kiss her though he has no idea why. At 5, his would-be sweetheart already knows it pays to play hard to get (if you make him work hard enough, he might even let you take his turn with the toy helicopter in order to win your affection).

I wasn't sure what to make about the whole toe angle until my husband laughed and said, "On the toe, huh? Good going, son, you're a chip off the old block!"

Which reminds me: I should make a point to get a pedicure this weekend. It always seems to Jeff pretty happy when I show up with pretty pained toenails.

Oh, my.


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Comments

[simplecity2htwn.livejournal.com]

Speaking as a man, I think we're hard-wired to do the things we do in hopes of getting female attention. At least that's the excuse I enjoy using when it all goes wrong and I find myself in need of absolution.

Speaking as a man again......properly pedicured toes are wonderful things, definitely deserving of the occasional kiss. :-P

[neanahe.livejournal.com]

I don't think Carlie has a pedicure, but her feet are pretty cute. I can see why he likes them, even if I'm not inclined to kiss them myself.

[drippedonpaper.livejournal.com]

I got an email saying you sent me a message but I can't find the message.

Anyways, I unlocked the post again. Sorry..sorry I am so indecisive.

BTW, the toe kissing of kids made me smile:)

[neanahe.livejournal.com]

I try to hide my dyslexia, but when I see your icon I see "you" and not which journal you are writing form. As we discovered, I sent it to the wrong "you." Sorry!

[skipperja.livejournal.com]

Could that be why I noticed Sarah Palin's long toes on the Time magazine cover?

[neanahe.livejournal.com]

*Shakes head* I can't think of anything to say in response to this. Really.

[jenelycam.livejournal.com]

*giggles* how cute are they?

[neanahe.livejournal.com]

Her daddy told her that kissing boys is gross and she ought not do it. I hope he knows that only works for so long, and eventually she's going to want to see for herself if it's true.

[jenelycam.livejournal.com]

Daddy's are like that. My girls think kissing boys is gross too, but Greg says, "Well me and mom kiss". That's different...then he goes on to say that you only do that stuff when you're married...you know when they're 60. :P

[neanahe.livejournal.com]

Maybe they can kiss earlier than that. Kissing eventually leads to grandbabies (once they are married and settled - no kissing before that). I hear grandbabies are kind of cool. At least, my son's grandparents think so. They don't fixate on how he got here, though.

[jenelycam.livejournal.com]

I'm looking forward to grandbabies...you know in 10+ years. I'm just hoping that we don't end up like his sister. Michele was 35 when she became a grandma (her kid was 14)

Actually he said they can do it (kissing) when they're 30. LOL