I’ve been after Red for a while to learn how to blow kisses. Nonna tried to teach him to do it with his hands, but he just wasn’t interested. I heard him smack his lips together in a sound experiment several months ago, and have been trying to get him to make it again!
When he finally did, I made it too, and we started imitating each other. Eventually I would make the noise and say “Blow a Kiss!” **smack**. Monkey saw, monkey did.
Success! I was reading Strega Nona by Tomie dePaola last night as our bedtime story, and a passage reads:
And Strega Nona called Big Anthony in for supper. But too bad for Big Anthony, because he didn’t see Strega Nona blow three kisses to the magic pasta pot.
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And then Red started blowing kisses right there. At me, at the book, everywhere. I was so happy! The little man could do it all by himself – I can’t wait until we see Nonna next so we can blow her some kisses 🙂 Here is Red in action:
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