Kissing Hand

The night before school started I cuddled between the boys and read them "The Kissing Hand", a story about a raccoon who was a little scared the day before he headed off to school. In the story the mommy raccoon kisses the palm of little raccoon and has him squeeze it tight. She tells him anytime he needs a kiss, he can bring his palm to his cheek and feel it say "Mommy loves you, Mommy loves you." Then Chester the little raccoon did the same for his mother. So we read our book, and kissed each others palms. And I thought that I might need those extra kisses a little bit this week.
This morning on the way to school, Gabriella was sad. Josiah was entertaining her and letting her play with the zippers on his backpack. Then he started holding her hand and telling her the story of the kissing hand. He ended with a kiss in her palm and said "Anytime you are feeling sad and missing me Gabriella, just put your hand on your cheek and you will feel it say 'Josiah loves you, Josiah loves you.'