Listen With Your Face

This picture was taken on January 1, 2012 just after midnight.  This is my husband, Wayne, and one of our Goddaughters, Rachael.  Rachael is 5 and 1/2 and is one of the loves of my life.  At this point she had consumed a large quantity of marshmallows and was up way past her bedtime so she was pretty animated.  What I love about this photo is that Wayne is focused solely on Rachael and whatever she is so enthusiastically telling him.  It reminds me of when Catherine was 2 or so and was talking to me.  I was busy doing something and she was talking (and talking and talking...) so I made the appropriate noises while she talked and continued doing whatever it was I was doing.  Suddenly, I felt her little hands on either side of my face; she turned my face to hers and said, "Mommy!  Listen with your face!".  This is something Wayne does well...when someone is talking to him, he focuses on that person and makes them feel that what they're saying is worth his time.