Peanut Butter Kisses

[Fernie]

My great niece posted this on a family blog site and I ask her permission to share it with my friends. I really enjoyed it and thought some of you might too. It is just hard for me to believe she is all grown up with a son of her own!! Here if Rachel's blog:

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Peanut Butter Kisses

To most people, "peanut butter kisses" are those peanut butter flavored taffy-like candies that come in orange or black wrappers that you see in stores around Halloween time. But anyone with a toddler in their life will tell you that those chewy candies are nothing compared to the peanut butter kisses this blog is named for.

It never fails that my two year old seems to have his most affectionate moments when he's covered with food. I've had chocolate tickle-fests, spaghetti-o grins, and apple juice hugs... but my favorites are peanut butter kisses.

I can see (and smell) them coming from across the house. Sitting in my computer chair, I hear little feet dancing across the kitchen floor. I smell the peanut butter (good, he's actually eating the snack I gave him) and here it comes...

"MOMMY!"

He crashes into me with crummy fingers and his mouth nearly super glued shut with peanut butter. He climbs up into my lap and puckers his little lips.

"No, don't kiss me!" I tease him, jerking my head back.
He laughs, and makes another attempt.
"No!" Again, I dodge the messy face coming towards me.
"Mommy!" He grabs my face this time, and there is no escape.

"Muah!"

He plants an over dramatized peanut butter kiss right on my lips.
"Oh, thank you!" I tell him, laughing as I wipe the peanut butter and cracker crumbs off my face. He lay his head on my chest for a brief moment and I hugged him tight.
"I love you buddy," I reminded him.
"Love you" he said, as best as he could with peanut butter still on the roof of his mouth.

Before he was born, I used to cringe at the thought of messy faces and sticky fingers.. But now, I can't imagine my life without them.

[retiredhappy]

That was so sweet. Thank you for sharing.

[snowball]

so sweet
Kids are so fun
enjoy them while they are young
sheila

[Shirlv]

Fernie, Thanks, This post is a great way to start the morning. I can smell the peanutbutter too.

[sunshinecruiserTN]

Oh, Fernie, so glad you were able to share this with us. Very timely with those peanut butter kisses in the stores for halloween. I will look and think of them forever differently. How sweet. Your niece is a good writer.
Thanks for sharing.

[Bethers]

Ah, thank your niece for letting us share in her wonderful story. Funny how when they belong to us (or someone close to us) those sticky fingers, etc aren't so terrible anymore - in fact, they are looked forward to. And, yep, she has a way with words describing that so well.

[Carolinagal]

Well, that brought tears and lots of memories. I still have two very small grandchildren, to get my messy hugs from. What a treasure those memories will be to the little peanut butter kisser, in his later years too. The content of the message under this title was very surprising but ole so nice. Thanks for posting it.

Carol

[avalen]

that was a heart warming story, thank you for sharing

[Cedar518]

Awwww,...that's sweet. Unfortunately, lots of us don't appreciate our little tots until they are grown. We're too busy just trying to make ends meet and survive at the time. I'd love to go back and have a day again with my three when they were little.

[rvgrammy1953]

I remember peanut butter kisses of days gone by from my son......now I get Cheese Curl kisses from his daughter.....I cherish them all.....my heart sings with all that love.....Thanks for sharing ......

Lori