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Lately, Buttercup has been overflowing with affection.  She wants to hug and kiss and squeeze anything that moves.  This has become a little bit of a problem, because sometimes - other kids don’t want to be hugged and kissed and squeezed.  It’s a heart-breaking little situation, and she’s been disappointed and too pushy with her hand holding and lovey-dovey all the time.  So, I talked with her about it very carefully and told her that friends are for giving gentle pats on the back, and family is for hugging and kissing.

So, over the holidays, the grand arrival of her cousins has helped enormously.  On Christmas Day, she played with them so much, I was relieved to no end.  They’re both incredibly good boys, and she’s miraculously been given an outlet for all her friendliness.  It reminded me so much of my own childhood with my little brother and baby nephew.  Oh, how we ran and played all over my parent’s farm.  Well, Buttercup and her cousins did the exact same thing. 

I was listening to them play.  P had hidden the Frisbee, and J-Bear was on a mission to find it.  Buttercup walked up to him and said, “Frisbee, please?”  J-Bear kneeled down in front of her and said, “Don’t worry, I will not fail you!”  And he ran off in the gallant tempest of a boy on a mission to help the princess.  It was probably the most beautiful thing I’ve ever heard in my life :)

Over the weekend, they all came over to my house for a lunch, and they played and hugged her up to no end.  She ate it all up, and she let J-Bear carry her around the house, and she had no problem sharing her new Thomas the Train set w/the boys.  In fact, they rearranged it no end, creating new and fun paths for the trains to race away on.  She adores them, and I think between them and Daddy’s parents, she’s gotten enough affection and positive reinforcement to hold her for a while.

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