Notes in Class

Last week my friend Aundrea told a story about how her daughter, Maika, who is in first grade, started to receive love notes from boys at school. I thought it was a cute story when I read it, but it got a whole lot more cute when I found out that my son, Austin, was one of the boys sending her love notes. After hearing about this I just had to ask Maika if she still had some of the notes. She did. She gave them to me and I took them home, conspicuously, so that I could scan them in to my computer and display them for all to see. You'll appreciate it when you're older Austin. They are too cute! I love the way he spelled Maika.

So yesterday I asked Austin if he receives love notes from anyone and he said, "Yes!" When I asked who, he said a couple of girls from school. He also said that one of the girls, Chrissy, wants to be his girlfriend. "She has a crush on me", he said. When I asked him what it means to have a crush on somebody, he said, "it means she likes me ... I guess". Oh man, could this really be happening this young?? At this age it's cute that he is liked, but a few years from now I have a feeling that it's going to be worrisome. I told him to bring home some of his love notes so we'll see if he does.