tonight i was making dinner with my mother in law when j-bug let herself in through the front screen door... she was asking for a drink. i pulled open my Tupperware drawer o' plastic cups and pulled out a choice sippie - albeit, not 'choice' for j-bug. her eyes were glued on the aqua one and so she smiled and looked sideways up at me, 'i wahn dat wun...' as her eyes sparkled and danced, her mouth drawn in a sweet grin as she waited...
i pulled out the aqua cup and helped her fill it from the front of the fridge. she walked out the front door and ten minutes later walked in saying she was hungry. with fresh bread in hand, she casually strolled back out the front door... waddling with such grace that you knew she was grinning from ear to ear. she had me... and she knew it.after the dinner was prepped and the spread was laid out on the picnic table, my dear j-bug came to visit. having smelled the fresh roasted bird from the driveway, she came quickly but with caution. her manners were present, her voice was even yet somewhere in there one could sense a bridled hunger - it made her fidgety. she awkwardly climbed atop my picnic bench and made herself at home.
of course, i grabbed the camera. and of course, she was cooperative while i shot...
had i no more than myself to feed, i would have given her most of the bird. had i not cared about keeping with her mom's care for manners, i would have let her eat as i shot photos of her devouring a chicken carcass with her cute little fingers... but alas, she was gently summoned to come home and eat and leave us to our dinner. she walked away with a sweetness in her step and a 'see you tomorrow' in her smile - and yes, her eyes sparkled.
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