Hero worship.

[rivka]

Alex is in her highchair. I am feeding her a tasty and nutritious breakfast of apple-plum puree and brown rice cereal.

Suddenly, there are footsteps overhead. She turns away from the spoon, cocking her head, listening alertly. Now the footsteps are on the stairs. She leans forward and throws her arms out, face creasing into a grin, as HE comes into view.

Papa! It's Papa! She flings herself forward in her chair with a high chattering laugh. Every muscle in her body strains towards him. She calls out to him, babbles, reaches for him as he comes over to greet her. She tosses me a quick glance, grinning, as if to say, "can you believe how cool this is, Mama?" But mostly her eyes are locked on the man in the grey suit. She follows his every motion as he puts on his coat and gathers his things. She laughs again, still reaching for him.

The front door closes. She stares at it for a long moment. The tension drains from her body with a little sigh. She turns back to me and the abandoned spoonful of cereal.

Ladies and gentlemen, Elvis has left the building.

Comments

[chargirlgenius.livejournal.com]

Aw! Such love!

[chargirlgenius.livejournal.com]

Oh, but I'd also bet that her reaction when you walk into a room is just as sweet!

[curiousangel.livejournal.com]

OK, now I'm blushing. :)

[rivka.livejournal.com]

Aw, you're worth every bit of it.

[wcg.livejournal.com]

What a lovely little vignette.

[redbird]

Aaaawww.

[roadnotes.livejournal.com]

Such cuteness. Thank you!

[ckd]

So. Cute.

What a wonderful thing. Thank you for sharing it with us.

[richtermom.livejournal.com]

Squeaky has been The Best Greeter for quite a while. She has only recently grown into the family tradition of "Don't Bother Me Until I've Had My coffee/cocoa/sesame street and boob." She'll go from shrieking to beaming in 0.1 seconds, even at 5:45 a.m. before Daddy leaves for work. She gives him a hero's welcome at the sitter, she gives me big cheers and hugs when I get home from work, and the next morning she starts all over with big hugs for her sitter friend. And when it's time to leave, she'll still find something fun to do NEXT.

[therealjae.livejournal.com]

I can't think of many heroes more worthy of worship. :-)

-J

[beaq.livejournal.com]

So! Sweet!

I wonder if she's given you a new or deeper perspective on each other.

[lizardling.livejournal.com]

AWWWWW.

And did I say AWWWW yet?

[beckyzoole.livejournal.com]

Little girls and their daddies! Is so sweet!

[erisian-fields.livejournal.com]

I so remember that from when Jackie and Shannon were that age. Dada would come home for lunch and the *SQUEALING* would start. When they could walk, they'd dash to the door to greet him.

Now, it's the other way around. Wee Colin does that sort of reaction for me when I get back from class (if he's awake).

The girls are teenagers (or close enough) now, so, of course, they ignore me.