Friday, February 20, 2009

Days of my life...

A few Sundays ago while we were sitting in church Reagan and I had our very first heart to heart about boys. This was a pretty exciting moment for me. You see, as a girl, I was what my 4th grade teacher called boy crazy. This hurt my feelings at the time but was entirely true. I played with boys at recess, called them on the phone had day dreams about them (many involved me running toward a boy and dramatically kissing him than saying something like "I can't live without you!")

I have always been okay with the fact that Reagan was not looking at boys like that because it eliminated a lot of potential issues. So imagine my suprise/delight when she had a question about boys (which I consider myself and expert on).
"Mom, how do I know what boy I should marry?"

"Well, he will be a boy that does nice things for you, makes you smile and laugh, and buys you pretty presents."

"What if I have to choose between two boys?"

"Then you are a very lucky girl."

"Beacause Carson at school says he wants to marry me and likes to hug me, but when Eli sees him, he tells Carson to keep his hands of me 'cause I'm his girl. I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings but I don't know who to choose."

"Well, lucky for you, you don't have to pick just one boy! You won't get married until you are like 25, so you can hug all the boys you want until then."

I am not sure how Dan felt about my side of the conversation, but I thought I was pretty smart and cool about the whole thing. Luckily, it was just a conversation about hugging...

I am more than willing to talk to any of my fellow Mom's/girlfriends' daughters about boys whenever they want. It is one of my favorite subjects along with teen boy bands, HSM, clothes and any TV shows on the CW. Reagan is becoming the little girlfriend I have always hoped I would have when I first looked at her.

8 comments:

Anne said...

love it! i hope to be as cool as you when dealing with these subjects. what a great relationship you both have and will have for years to come.

Buffy said...

That is so sweet that your daughter is turning into your girlfriend. I love the mother/daughter relationship. So far the mother/son relationship is pretty good too. :)

El Jefe said...

Let me get this straight. The three things to look for in a guy:

1) someone who'll give you stuff
2) someone funny
3) someone who'll give you stuff

2 parts sugar daddy/ one part humor.

So, what do I do with my intellect, good looks, and personality?

JoDee said...

So fun that you guys can be girlfriends. And Reagan is really growing up - what a little cutie. You need to post pics of your amazing castle/drawbridge Valentine box creation. Mom added one to the family site and we were all in AWE.

Erin Larsen said...

of course your beautiful daughter will have boys fighting over her!!! She a gem! One boy will be forever lucky. It would be fun if it was my boy!!!!

Jessie said...

Such a cool mom. Louie would have freaked. He still tells his sisters, "Boys are bad. Stay away from them", and one of them in engaged and the other is 26. I tell him to lay off. Good thing we have all boys (and they're not bad...yet). I figure if even my goody-goody husband thinks boys are bad, they must think about a lot more stuff than I ever knew they were thinking about...
Anyway, how cute are Reagan and her boys troubles?! Love it. She is a little darling, how can they resist?

Jessie said...

Um...I don't even know what HSM is. I'm thinking: Home Shopping Metwork?
How lame am I?

Nicole said...

HSM- High School Musical yes, another girl thing I am well versed in.