Two stories
I have two munchkin stories for you.
Story the first:
Yesterday, I took the kids to a shopping mall that had a wonderful indoor play area. Due to the rain, it was packed, there were probably 50 kids crawling, climbing, and running around. Through tunnels, over plastic animals, driving pretend cars, etc.
Fifteen month old Asher was happily crawling back and forth through a tunnel, when he was surprised by a little girl about his age crouching down at the other end of the tunnel and peering at him. Being the bulldozer that he is, Asher barreled forwards, probably intending to plow right over this little girl.
Instead, she stopped him with a single hand, and kissed him! Asher froze, unsure of how to react, and the girl kissed him again!
At this point, Asher started crawling backwards as fast as he could, and scurried back to me. The girls mother and I both laughed. It seems Asher has a girlfriend! I wonder if he thought to get her telephone number . . .
Story the second:
We were in the car, on expressways for a long time yesterday. Miriam, age 2.5, took it upon herself to point out every single "Yellow Bus" that she saw, and count them. "One, Two, Three, Eight, Nine, Ten, Giggle, Two . . ." She did a very good job, counting yellow buses for mile after mile.
There was a long pause, with nary a yellow bus to be seen, when suddenly she cried out at the top of her lungs "BABY BUS!!!". Just then, a bright yellow sports car zipped by.
I love how her mind works!