On the phone with Ben

Nic just called from the cottage (he and Ben are there for Thanksgiving dinner... see previous entry to learn why I am not). I don't often get a chance to speak with Ben on the phone simply because we're almost always together. And he was so excited to talk to me, as I was to talk to him. When I said 'I love you' at the end of the call he said 'I love you too' (the 'I love you's' are a wonderful, fairly new development). Then he went on to kiss the receiver several times!