Holding

Lauren is three and enjoys asking to be held. Several times a day she'll come to me, usually when my hands are thick in dirty dishes or I'm helping someone with homework, with her blankie in her hand and thumb in her mouth and ask "can you hold me?" I try soooo hard to always take advantage of holding her when she asks but more often than not, it is too hard b/c I'm in the middle of helping someone else or getting dressed to leave because we're late. My favorite is when she'll say "can you hold me for forty minutes?" Or sometimes it's just 20 minutes - silly little girl.