Bsamim

 

Here you see HG intently studying the sachet of Havdalah spices. For about the last 6 months she has been interested in the bsamim (she hated our earlier orange scented one) and since we've been using this sachet of cloves she has been becoming increasingly interested in them. It used to be that she'd get excited about Havdalah because she knew that it meant more wine, but now its the thought of bsamim that makes her eyes light up. As she sees Abba getting the Havdalah things ready she twitches her nose in anticipation, reaching for the bsamim.

It has reached the point that when its her turn to smell the spices she holds on tight to the sachet and refused to relinquish it, sniffing it and sometimes (of course) also giving it the odd chew. This week she went so far as to abscond with the spices, holding them tight and toddling off to the bedroom with them - Ima only got the bsamim back once HG was starting to doze off during her bedtime nurse!