Girlfriend~Dont grow too fast!

A picture Em begged me to take of her with my Point and Shoot because she thought it was cool that she could stretch her legs all the way across the opening of the door. After reviewing the picture on the lcd she decided she needed a re-shoot with a serious face. I think she's been watching me proof my senior shoots. It took some practice and lots of giggles to get her to stop smiling ;). The same usually goes for seniors as well.

I wanted to share a little conversation I had with her last week. On Thursday night I worked at the school carnival. At one point in the evening a cute little boy and his twin brother came up to me and asked, "You is Emery's Mom huh?" I replied, "I is." (just kidding dad.)

The boys began to giggle and one of them pointed to his brother and said, "she his girlfriend".

"Oh, is that true?" I asked calmly...more giggles. I asked him his name and he said Jesus...his brother's name was Martine. I then told him really nicely that Emery is not allowed to have boyfriends but he could be her friend. More giggles...

So later on that evening I tucked Emery in bed and climbed up for a little talk. I told her I met Jesus and she smiled and said, "He is my friend." I said, "Yes and he was very nice, but his brother said that he is your boyfriend." She smiled but looked a little confused and said, "no he is my friend." I took this time as a good opportunity to start to share with her some of the ground rules in our house. I told her how it was good to have boys as friends, but it is best to just keep them as friends...even if you were just playing. And how she can start thinking about having a "boyfriend" when she was 16. She got all giddy and started counting the years till she turns 16. OH DEAR!

Anyway, I also started planting in her little head how God is finding a special person for her and how important it is when she is older to only have boyfriends that love Jesus. (Jesus of Nazareth that is, not the Jesus from Sunset Elementary ;). I am sure she doesn't really comprehend that completely, but it's a good time to start talking with her.

So the next day when I picked her up from school she asked, "Mama, do Spanish people..." then she paused so I had to jump in and correct her..."You mean Spanish speaking people?" "oh yes" she said. (just a pet peeve of mine.) She then continued, "Do Spanish speaking people worship God?" I said, yes some do and told her all about Pastor Genaro and the Spanish speaking congregation at church. I asked her if she had asked anyone at school if they worshiped God. Thinking maybe she had asked little Jesus. But she said no. Not sure if that question was prompted by our conversation the night before, but glad she is thinking about such things.