We have officially entered the pre-teen years with all its accompanying dilemmas. The sixth grade at our kids' school rotates through different classes throughout the day. Therefore, they did not do mandatory valentines, as each one would have had to prepare over a hundred. Instead, they had a little party altogether at the end of the day. Well, apparently, some of the kids took the opportunity to single out their "favorites" and give valentines to a select few.
When my kids got off the bus and came inside, the boys were excited while Elaine had a disgusted look on her face. "Mom, I got a valentine . . . from Philip," she said with a resigned tone of voice. Philip had obviously spent time shopping with his mom and found a really cute heart shaped snowglobe with Mickey Mouse inside looking bashful and holding flowers. It was in a cute little gift bag with some candy. He had left the bag by her lunchbox in the morning.
Elaine has no feelings for Philip, ("he's annoying," she says), but decided to give him a thank-you card so his feelings wouldn't be hurt. Sigh.
The boys then started admitting their fancies for girls in their classes. Love is in the air.
1 comment:
We don't blame Philip, Elaine is a cutie! We love looking at your blog. Jeremy's videos are hilarious. How fun to have so many kids around. Tell him to keep them coming.
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