Friends that are boys...

I posted this story in one sentence on my facebook status yesterday, which means that most of you have already heard this. (Dang facebook vs. blog war going on in my head!!! ) But, being that I am NOT publishing my facebook into a book for my children someday (soon) I feel the need to have the whole story down on paper, or whatever you call it when you are typing on a cute HP mini. I'm sure when my children read that I typed this on what is today the newest, coolest of technology, they will laugh and point and say things like "hahahahah! You had one of those mini computers? hahahahhahah!" And I will be so happy that I wrote it down to remember forever! SO anyway...

Jason and I have been really struggling with the "when are our children going to be allowed to have boyfriends and girlfriends thing?" They were coming home every night talking about who asked who out at school that day and dwelling on who liked who. Then it hit me. It was becoming a HUGE deal to both of them that the other kids were allowed and they weren't. They weren't asking or begging or even hinting. It just seemed to be a topic at dinner every night.

So, after an entire evening of laying down the law and going over respect and rules and stupid stuff like that they were both "released" (as Kooper called it when he was telling one of his friends). LOL!!

Now here is where I have to add before anyone gets their panties in a wad.....WE IN THE HORTON HOME USE THE WORD "BOYFRIEND" AND "GIRLFRIEND" VERY LOOSELY! IT DOES NOT INVOLVE GOING ANYWHERE WITH HE/SHE OR TALKING ON THE PHONE. :) IT IS A TERM IN WHICH THEY CALL THE GIRL/BOY THEY HAVE A CRUSH ON AND THINK IS "NEAT". WE DO THINK ENCOURAGING SWEET, WHOLESOME, NATURAL CRUSHES ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF GROWING UP. WE ARE SIMPLY ALLOWING THEM TO NAME IT.

Just had to get that off my chest. Now, having said all that, here is why I am really here....

Kate came home from school a few days ago and said that a boy (who she has had a crush on for a while) had sent his friend over to her to ask her to "be his girlfriend". Kate replied, "go tell ____that if he wants me to be his girlfriend, he needs to come ask me himself."

LOVE IT!!! She does get the "you don't call a boy that you don't like your boyfriend just because you want to have a boyfriend" speech and the "you must demand respect" speech!! YAY! She listens to us!

Of course, this boy is very sweet and comes from a great family so the next day he did. And she said yes.

And a new, silly, sweet chapter begins....