Band-Aids and Kisses

The best $2.00 I ever spent was on a box of Band-Aids two months ago. To be honest, the purchase was an impulse buy, one of those moments where I thought it'd be nice to have some cute Band-Aids in case Kai ever needed one. So, in the bandage aisle at Wal-Mart Kai and I examined all of the fun kids' Band-Aids. Kai was almost immediately attracted to a yellow box of Curious George Band-Aids and so I handed them to him and carried on with the trip. He rode in the shopping cart clutching his precious box of Band-Aids between both chubby hands for the entire shopping excursion.
At home, it was a couple of weeks before the box was opened for one of Reid's boo-boos. Once opened we tentatively allowed Kai to examine the contents and once again hold the box. Over the months, we have become more and more lax and slowly the Band-Aids have become one of Kai's favorite "toys". He loves emptying the box, crinkling the Band-Aids and then refilling the box so that he can shake it. I don't know if he'll ever actually use the Band-Aids for their true purpose, but I don't care. He's definitely gotten more than $2.00 worth of enjoyment out of the box and what more can I ask.

One other cute side story....one of Kai's bedtime books--Sleep Tight--begins with "Good night Mommy, Good night Daddy". Last week, on of his own accord, Kai began kissing the cartoon representations of Mommy and Daddy. Whenever we read the book Kai will lean over and press his mouth to "mommy" and "daddy" and look up with a smile on his face. It melts my heart. What a sweetie!