So I was playing with my 2 year old nephew at the weekend when suddenly he came running over, wrapped his arms around me and declared: 'I love you!'
My heart melted and I gave him a hug and told him I loved him too. I was delighted and it really lifted my spirits in an otherwise quite stressful week. I was also secretly quite pleased in the typically childishly competitive way Nikala and I are like with each other, that he had said it to me first.
Of course the feeling was a little muted soon after when I observed him declaring his love for a small plastic sausage clutched tightly to his chest...
