My toddler

Her eyes are enormous round pools of blue, accented with gold sparkles. They are beautifully hypnotic. Two thirds of her face is eyes and lashes, winks and blinks. The rest is a smile big and giggly with sticky on the edges. Her dimples fill her cheeks and her chin. She has her father’s smile, the smile that captured my heart on that wonderful first date. Her smile is usually accompanied by a laugh that emerges from deep inside her round tummy. It’s a laugh straight from heaven that lands deep in my heart. Her arms go straight up in the air as she says those magic words, “Mama, help”. I pick her up and my little monkey rests her head on my shoulder. Her hair is sticky with apple sauce and baby sweat. It is time for her bath.