Lexa September 2008
According to Lexa, they are GUYS nowadays but I am asserting my right as a mother to call them BOYS!!! No man child that associates with my 10 1/2 year old daughter shall be called a "guy" by me! They are boys. Nice, sweet, little boys who have no idea that Lexa's mom has a yellow belt in karate. (Yes, yellow is the lowest belt, but I have to use everything I've got.)
I noticed the trouble this morning on the way to school. I'll start by telling you that I don't listen to the radio when my kids are in the car. I have them buckled in and so I make them talk to me. This may seem like I torture them, but it has become a great way to get to know them. On the way to school, we recite an article of faith and sing a primary song. Then, they can talk about anything they want.
This morning, Lexa wanted to talk about boys (AKA guys). She gave this very long monologue about all the guys at school and how funny they are. For the last couple of years, her best friends have been boys and it's been no big deal. Of course, she never called them guys. This is a fairly new addition to her vocabulary.
Something in her voice this morning made me worry...
Hey, Mom, I could swear that Carter was wearing eyeliner yesterday. His eyelashes aren't usually so noticeable... And Dallin P. swallowed a metal marble and he had to get an x-ray. He told me all about it. He is so funny...and a bunch of guys came up to me in the lunchroom and they just came from science so they pointed at me and then they sang,
Look here, what can this matter be.
Look, look, what can this matter be,
Look here, what can this matter be,
Solid or liquid or gas?
And Andrew kept singing it all day and Ben threatened to hit him with a book... Then, my friend Susannah, wrote a note to Cameron asking him a question and she signed it "from your secret admirer" but then she forgot and put From: Susannah on the outside of it. Ha ha ha... Then the funniest part was that Dallen E. wrote her a note and asked her a question! She is just avoiding him for a little while because of that question...
At this point, we pull up to the school and Jet gets out but Lexa stays in and closes the door.
Mom, I didn't want to say this in front of Jet but the question in the note that Susannah wrote was "Do you want to be my boyfriend!" Ha ha ha ha! And so you can probably guess what Dallen E. asked her can't you mom? Well, gotta go. Love ya, Mom.
As she's getting out of the car, I say in my most casual voice, "Wait, Lexa, has anyone given you a note lately?"
No, Mom. Ha ha ha ha.
That little twinkle in her eye sets off an alarm in my brain. Hmmm.
I watch my little girl walking off to school, where all of those boys are, and I think to myself that she has guys on the brain and I have BOY trouble.
5 comments:
LOL so sorry Marion. Ya know that I was in "love" with so many boys. If you read my diary from the time I was 11 till I was 16 there was about five guys I "LOVED" it was ridiculs. I have to laugh every time I read them. At least she gets guys to talk to her. Just tell her that boys are important in the future but for right now she can just be friends with alot of them but to stay clear of single dating till she is 40 ;). She is a QT Ethan even said one time "Lexie is cute huh mom?" I just smiled and said yep she sure is huh. He smiles and ran away.
Anyways I hope you are having a blast. Love ya
Karla
It's amazing how soon really she'll be in Young Womens. I think I'll give my little baby girl and extra hug tonight and be grateful we're not to the boy-crazy stage yet. :)
Eventually there will come a time when she doesn't want to talk to you about boys and since I'm the self proclaimed "Guy Expert" you can go ahead and send her my way for advice. And don't you worry . . I won't tell her to do anything I wouldn't do. heehee
When that happens with my Lex I am sending every huge male that I know to these boys houses and they will not be talking to her after that! Is that too mean?
Good luck with her, Marion. And if you need a little advice or want Lexa to get some advice from a boy-crazy girl you can come to me.
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