Monday, December 23 2002

We have a Christmas tree at home but we didn't want to decorate it until this weekend because I wanted to do it with Nikki and she came over on Saturday. This was the last weekend for her here because on Monday she is leaving with her mom and dad to where her grandparents live. We arranged again for her to stay with us over the weekend and have a sleepover so I could at least give her Christmas presents. We won't see one another until next year. I know it's not far away but it feels like forever. I took vacation until the 6th of January so I'll have more time to spend with Ella who is on holiday and has nothing else to do except go to parties. I envy students! But now at least I can go out with her and have some fun.

This is how our weekend went. We had a wonderful time and I did spend some short time alone with Nikki. On Saturday morning I went to pick her up from her home. She was still eating breakfast and wasn't even dressed when I arrived so after she finished breakfast and said bye to her mom and dad, I took her to the car, still in her jammies. She said she was on holiday now and didn't need to dress up in clothes if she didn't want to. I told her it would be nice if she was wearing something warmer because she could get sick again, and she said she was warm enough in her pajamas. At the end, I gave up on trying to convince her because she decided to say everything opposite to what I was saying. She's almost twelve but she can be very childish sometimes. I probably sound like her mother now.

We arrived home at around 10 in the morning. Ella was making up our bed and when Ella saw Nikki, they screamed and hugged one another. I almost felt jealous of them both! The first thing Nikki wanted to see was Ella's belly button piercing, so she showed it to her and of course Nikki is now saying how she must have one too. She wants me to convince her parents to let her have it, which isn't something I look forward to. I told her I can't do much about it if her mom and dad say no, but she wouldn't believe me. I asked her if she would prefer to have a tattoo instead, like the one that Ella has on her tummy, and she of course said yes, so I went to the bedroom and took some stick on tattoos I had left from the last time we played with them. I told her to show me her tummy and when she lifted her top I stuck a picture of a dolphin on her skin and told her she has a tattoo now. She laughed like mad and yelled, "No! No! I want the <i>real</i> tattoo like Ella's!"

After some fooling around with stick on tattoos I said it was time we get to work on decorating our Christmas tree. I never buy a real tree. Instead I use an artificial one which is just as good, and it saves forests. Ha! I bet you didn't know I'm a tree hugger too! So anyway, we pulled out all the ornaments and we let Nikki do most of the work. She was like a little busy bee, tiptoeing around the Christmas tree and putting ornaments all over the branches and asking us where this or that should go. In the end, I picked her up in my arms and lifted her up so she could put an angel on the top of the tree. She's really growing up, I don't think I could hold her in my arms as long as I used to! Finally, we took some pictures of us and the Christmas tree, and then, as impatient as she is, Nikki asked for her presents. When she saw what I bought for her, she jumped around and hugged me. She was delighted with the clothes and the new Harry Potter book, and just seeing her so excited made me happy. I wanted to pick her up and squeeze her in a big hug.

We were still cleaning up the wrapping paper and ribbons from the floor when the phone rang. I was helping Nikki so Ella answered it, and after talking to someone for a half an hour (yes, she's as bad as me!), she returned and said some of her friends from college invited us to come to their party tonight. I though this would be a good way to snatch some time alone with Nikki if she went to the party by herself, but she kept on insisting that we should all go together. I knew her friends and we've been to their home before when one of them graduated, so I reluctantly agreed, even more so because Nikki wanted to go to the party too, being the little party animal that she is!

We relaxed for the rest of the day, watched a movie we rented and played games on the computer. Later, Nikki showed us how to make huge bubbles. This is a great way to play if you have a little friend because she will love it. First mix one part liquid soap with six parts water (for example 6 cups of water with 1 cup of dish soap, or 3 cups of water with 1/2 cup of dish soap). Then pour the liquid into a large cookie tray and make a 12 inch loop out of a piece of wire (coat hangers will work but only if they aren't covered with nylon) and then lower the wire loop into the bubble solution and pull it out gently at an angle. The bubbles will form as you pull up the wire. We were competing to see who could make bigger bubbles, but it's hard to measure them so we didn't have a winner. This game was great fun, and we played in the kitchen so not to mess up the room with soap and water. Then when we used up all the bubble liquid, we went out for a late lunch because we were too lazy to make our own, and it was more fun this way.

In the afternoon, we dressed up for the party. Nikki put on some lip gloss, and I helped her with her hair by braiding it in two short piggy tails. This is my all time favorite hair style and it makes her look absolutely adorable! The good thing was that she decided her pajamas were not the best thing to wear to the party so instead she dressed in jeans and her favorite woolen jumper. We arrived at our friends' place by the time when most people invited were already there. Everyone was delighted to see Nikki with us, although no one knew her except a couple of girls who met her before. So needless to say, she was the star of the night! She was chatting with everyone, dancing, laughing, even drinking some beer, but thank God, only a little sip because she didn't like it. Because most of our friends are lesbians, she danced with girls who would even pick her up in their arms and twirl her around until she was hysterical with laughter! I was lucky to have her to myself for one dance because she was all over the place and enjoying it like I've never seen her before. Later in the night, I saw her with Ella who held her in her arms while talking to someone, and even from a distance she looked tired and sleepy. I walked to them and picked her up and asked her if she wanted to go home. She said yes and yawned at the same time which made her look her cutest. I told Ella we should go and then we slowly said goodbye to everyone and left. It was around 1am in the morning.

At 1:30am we arrived home and by that time Nikki was fast asleep in my arms. I undressed her as gently as I could and laid her down in our bed between us. We were all tired so there's nothing much to say about the rest of the night. I fell asleep soon after helping Nikki to bed, with her little face nestling close to mine where I could feel her soft breath all night long.

When I woke up in the morning, Ella was already awake and dressed up. Nikki was still half asleep next to me and she smiled when I saw her peeking under the cover. I quickly reached out for her and tickled her tummy. She shrieked and hid under the cover again only to reappear at the other end of the bed. Then Ella said she was going out to the corner shop to buy some milk and groceries for breakfast because our fridge was completely empty, which is nothing unusual in our household! She bundled up in her coat and shawl because it was well bellow zero outside and left us two in a warm and cozy bed. This gave me an idea to give Nikki her well deserved surprise. I knew Ella wouldn't come back for at least twenty minutes which gave me enough time to try out this new game with the little mouse in my bed. I got up and picked up the little jar of honey and brought it to bed. Then I called her out, I said, Nikki look what I have and she looked out from under the covers and gave me a big smile. I asked her if she wanted to play another tickle game and this was enough to have her interested. She asked me what was in the jar and I said it was a special tickling honey. I made her lay down on her back and dipped one stick into the honey and then drew a thin honey line across her bare tummy. This was enough to get the first giggle from her. I continued drawing letters on her tummy and her chest with the little stick until I wrote "I Love My Little Angel" while she laughed all along. Then I let her look at it herself. The first thing she said was "Ooo.. it's yummy!" and then she scooped some honey from her tummy with a finger and put it in her mouth. This made me laugh. All she had to say was "Yummy"? I thought, well maybe I should try to make it more interesting so I licked at the honey on her skin and continued until I cleared the first word from her chest and then the next one from her tummy. The next moment she was holding her hand to my face and pointing at the other side of her chest where the honey began to drip off. "Don't forget this one," she said chuckling. Then when I scooped the honey, she said, "I want some too," so I gave her some on my finger and she licked it off, but then she remembered the jar and asked me where I put it so she could dip her fingers in and lick off the honey. I should have expected it because she's mad about sweets, so I gave her the jar, and she became all engrossed with her sticky fingers while I continued cleaning her skin with kisses and licks until most of it was gone. Her skin felt amazingly soft. I think I could lick and nibble at her for hours but we had only minutes left before Ella came back from the shop, so I went to the bathroom to wash my hands while Nikki was wiping off the remaining honey from herself with a wash cloth.

I thought we had a great little moment just for ourselves but just as I was turning off the water in the bathroom, I heard the front door opening and Nikki, as curious as she is, running to greet Ella. This wouldn't be too bad if she wasn't still topless and messy with traces of honey all over her bare front. I called her back but it was too late, because she was already with Ella who had a curious look on her face. I could tell she was trying to figure out what Nikki was doing with honey on her body. Her eyes went from Nikki to me as if asking what was all that about, so before she had a chance to ask me anything I ushered Nikki back to the bathroom to wash her up.

It felt scary and funny at the same time. Later when I took Nikki back home, I made up a story that we were just fooling around but didn't know what more to say, and Ella didn't ask me anything more about it. She appears now like she doesn't care about what she saw, but I feel I'll have more explaining to do when we go away on holiday. Nikki stayed with us until the afternoon on Sunday. We went on the Internet and looked for game sites until it was time for me to take her home. We kissed some more in the car before she left, and I wished her a great holiday until we see each other again next year. I'm going to miss her beautiful little face until then.