First Kiss

After a long, hot day of cutting Jared quit at a rare 5:00pm!!!  He decided to take us to the lake for a much needed outing!!  The kids started building sand castles when three little girls around the same age as Armin came over and got in on the building.  The fun quickly turned to pouring buckets of water onto each other.  Well, actually, Armin started it by pouring a bucket of water on himself!!!

Calum eventually left the fun to swim to the dock with Jared and Emry, but Armin continued to play with the little girls.

There was one girl of the three that Armin played with more.  The other two also eventually left to seek out other forms of beach fun!  They dug in the sand together and jabbered back and forth in their 5 year old language.  She was the one wearing the white and pink stripped bikini.  It was quite entertaining to watch them engaged in this way.  Finally after some time the mom of this particular little girl called her and said it was time to go.  I watched as she stood up and looked at Armin for a few seconds before she went to him and gave him an awkward little hug.  Armin thought nothing of it and just continued to dig, while she continued to visit.

Another call from her mom and this time she turned to leave but hesitated and quickly turned back to Armin where this time she gave him a little kiss on the cheek!!!!!  Armin looked at me with a look on his face that read, was that okay?  I shrugged and smiled at him and instantly the look on his face changed to a smile and a raise of his eyebrows!!  He looked pretty proud of himself!!!!

By the time Jared came back from the dock with Emry and Calum, Armin was sitting on the picnic table beside me wrapped in a towel.  I told Jared what transpired between Armin and his little friend and instantly Armin's smile beamed, lighting up his whole face!!!  At 4 and a half years old Armin can officially say he had his first kiss!!!!!