Leina loves to nurse. She constantly assesses her stuffed animals for signs of thirst. And if, say, Tigger is looking a bit parched, she settles herself down, lifts her little shirt, and stuffs Tigger on her chest while proudly announcing, “look mommy, I’m nursing my baby!” After a few minutes, she will remove Tigger, burb him, and then select her next hungry baby.

Personally, I find this hilarious especially when she declares that Puppy is nursing lemonade or orange juice. What can I say, the kid is gifted.

So it isn’t exaggerating in the least when I say I fell over backwards in hysterics when the inevitable happened yesterday. Leina decided to nurse one of her babies, looked over her animal kingdom and her gaze rested on…… her sister.

Yes, Kulia was unfortunate enough to find herself within Leina’s line of vision and I guess she looked hungry ’cause Leina hoisted her shirt, grabbed Kulia’s head and thrust her against her chest.

Poor sister was stunned into immobility. Much like a deer in headlights, Kulia froze when confronted with Leina’s little chest. I thought for sure she’d start screaming bloody murder for being manhandled (or rather, sister-handled) but she took it in stride. Leina sat, beaming, with her sister’s face smashed into her belly. After a moment, Leina announced “she’s all done!” and released her dazed sister. She then began to vigorously pat Kulia on the back, looking for a burb. Kulia, thinking this was some kind of new game, broke into a big grin and started whopping Leina in the face. This was not quite what Leina had in mind and this Hallmark sister moment quickly degraded into shrieks, screams and fisticuffs.

My only regret is that I didn’t have the camera near by because you know the girls would want me to preserve that moment. Of course, it might have been a tad difficult to find scrap book stickers to decorate a “look, I’m nursing my sister” page. But I’m crafty, I could have worked around that.