Smelling!

Jasper has a new passion in life, and it's smelling our candles.

It. is. precious.

He yearns and yearns to smell.

This morning, I got Jasper out of his crib, and the first thing he did was look at me and make a looooooooong "smelling" noise. He basically closes his mouth and sniffs through his nose. and sniffs through his nose. and sniffs through his nose. and sniffs through his nose. Then I say, "Jasper, do you want to smell a candle?" And he goes absolutely bonkers with joy.

Jas is totally addicted. As soon as he smells a candle, he asks with such sweetness and longing to smell the candle again. and again. and again.

Our morning looked like this:

Got Jas out of crib, we smelled the candle, I put Jas in his highchair, we smelled the candle, I got out a box of cereal, we smelled the candle, I poured some flakes on his tray, we smelled the candle. I got out the milk, we smelled the candle, I poured milk in the bowl, we smelled the candle.

And no, I'm not exaggerating. After breakfast, I finally wised up and put Jasper on the couch with all the candles and we spent a good chunk of the morning sitting on the couch and smelling candles on the couch.

(note- if you ever wondered what a stay at home mom does, wonder no longer. Things like this is what she does.)

Not only does Jasper love to vigorously smell the candles, but he loves to hold the candle out so I can smell it, too. I think I permanently have "lavender", "creme brulee", and "peach" stuck in my nose.

A few pics from our "candle-smellin' morning".

Jasper's favorite candle, the creme brulee

His joy at smelling cracks me up, especially since we've been smelling for the past 2 hours.

smelling...

and more smelling.

I'm pretty sure I know what we'll be doing this afternoon! :o)