4.18.17 - Zerbert on 10

From time to time Clara will crawl into my lap and then count with increasing anticipation from 1 to 10, usually whispering the word "ten" while smiling expectantly at me. Then I'll exclaim, "Ten? Ten!!" and I'll pick her up and lift her shirt up and kiss her sides and give her a zerbert and she'll laugh and laugh.

Lately she's started trying to skip numbers, e.g. "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6...10!!" And I'll just laugh and tell her she has to count all the way. Then instead she'll cut even more corners, even going as low as "1...10!!!" with a huge grin on her face, and it makes me laugh all the more.

Well tonight she just started exclaiming "Ten!" over and over, and as I laughed she tried to zerbert my arm! (For her that just means putting her mouth on my arm and laughing.) It was so cute. So then I lifted up my shirt so she could see my (gigantic) belly, and she shouted "Ten!" and "zerberted" my belly about 6-7 times in a row, and I would laugh ostentatiously every time.

We are having a great night. <3

The other day at the playground, excited to be as tall as me.