Simon came bursting through the door this afternoon after an apparently very satisfying day of school sporting a goofy, nearly toothless clown-chapped grin on his face.
My first thought was- now THAT is a gooood lookin’ boy! (stifled giggles)
He was visibly quite pleased with himself and clearly had something he had been dying to tell someone.
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Flash back to Wednesday of last week: The same boy came home in a similar self congratulatory mood and informed us that two kids in his class had “given” him some classroom bucks which now made him eligible to purchase the trinket of his choice from the class store. Two kids? Who are these two kids Simon?
(clown grin, nervous posture)
“Well…..two…GIRLS! They just said they like me and gave them to me!”
…hmmm….regretfully, we had to kill his bucks buzz upon explaining to him that he needed to offer to give the bucks back rather than spending them.
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So, today I was sure it would be an announcement of similar hijinks and braced myself for the possible fallout.
“I didn’t REALLY plan on telling you this Mom…” he begins.
(Yeah…right. Is that why you came in grinning?)
“But, Today….I GOT A GIRLFRIEND!”
(stunned silence, more toothless clown grinning, more stunned silence, stuttering, head shaking, sweaty palms…)
What exactly do I say here?
I finally settle on “Um…way to go son…who…I mean…why…um…how old are you?”
(clearly I had not prepared myself for such an encounter at this stage of my life. What now?)
He continues to pace anxiously…
“And, do you want to hear the best part Mom?”
“Sweet Francis!!! There’s more?!”
“…I mean…sure…”
“Yep! The BEST part is we have some of the same letters in our names! Can you believe that? It’s so funny, isn’t it? Do you want to know which letters are the same?”
***inaudible mumbling***
“…um…yes?”
“S-I and N are the letters. So, here’s what I did…”
(keeping it together…keeeeeping it…what, what could he possibly be getting at here?)
“I made her a card and this is what it said…”
(This is the part where I warn my readers to make sure you are sitting down comfortably and have not recently suffered from any heart or pulmonary conditions which could be exacerbated by a sudden shock to one’s system. Also, women who are or may become pregnant should proceed with caution.)
*The following is not the authentic original rather the closest replication I could master with the available resources.
How do I express the amusement peppered with horror which rushed through my mind upon the description of his first ever gesture of love?
I cannot.
I can only say with certainty that my 7 year old son has LITERALLY written a love note to – SIN.
Now, we wait for the harassment charges to start pouring in.
Oy vey!
Ah, young love!
Lily had a boyfriend last year. Which we had to put an end to when we found out that they had kissed here (forehead) here (nose) here (cheeks) here (lips) and here (neck). YIKES!!!
She is now forbidden to kiss until she’s 18!
Wow!
We keep teasing L about girls in the hopes that he’ll decide to stay away! (I’m not counting on that working too well.) We’ve also forbidden kissing until 21. But we all know how well that works…..
It always starts so innocently. A longing gaze, comparing letters in names, a little giggle and then BAM – I think Nephi wrote something about being led carefully down to the principal’s office.