mmm... butter!

a few days ago, i was telling my mom about a picture i'd found of myself as a little girl sneaking into a cake. i was eating the frosting. i was reminded of the time when my niece, Sarah, was a little girl (she's almost 10 now!) sneaking into the pumpkin pie at thanksgiving. we also have a picture of that.
well, i knew that grace was sneaking into the butter, much like sarah and i did with cake or pie when we were little. raking her little fingers across the softened stick of butter that was sitting out, within a long reach of her arm. but, i had no (NO) idea that norah was doing it, too. that is, until a couple of days ago. i was getting everything out to make mac n' cheese for our lunch, when i turned around, both girls were sticking fingers (grubby, dirty, little fingers) into my butter! they would get a big glop (is that a word?) of butter onto their finger and walk away, licking away, until it was gone. then they'd come back for more. i can understand sweet frosting, or yummy pumpkin pie, but butter?? go figure!