Noses

This is in response to Nancy's blog challenge where she beautifully described a "little moment" when her daughter and then, one by one, her other children slipped into bed with her the other morning. She asked me to think of and blog about what one of my "little moments" is, so here goes: One of my favorite daily moments, and there are many, is at bedtime when B. and I are in the rocking chair. She sits on my lap, facing me, hands folded between her legs, and leans her chin and face to me to rub noses. We've played this "noses" game for months now. I used to say "let's do noses" and we'd brush our noses back and forth as I said "I" "love" "you" three times and we'd rub them in sync. Now, I either say nothing, as she initiates, or I just say "Noses?" and she gently leans her face right in. When she follows it up with several "more signs," finally laying her head on my chest, somehow indicating she now knows the day is complete, it takes my breath away.