the kissing bandit

jack kissed me goodbye today.

a real, honest-to-goodness, un-coached smooch for his mommy.

he has been "blowing" kisses for a while ... melting hearts as he puts his hand to his mouth and says "mmmm." he's not as good at actually sending those kisses ... he sometimes forgets the "blowing" part ...

and previous to that he'd done a weird mix of biting/slobbering that we'd take to mean affection.

but today as he was seeing me off at the front door, he reached toward me and then turned up his face, put his lips together and planted one on my cheek! of course, he said, "mmmm." that is the universal "kiss sound," after all ...

then, he turned and planted one on roxana too. ¡que gracioso!

and to be clear, there is no photographically or videographically recorded evidence of this ... lest you think mommy's holding out ...

if there *had* been video of that moment, no one would have been happier than i. but, bittersweetly, it's just a memory.

playing on a loop in my mind's eye today ... but a memory just the same.