K-I-S-S-I-N-G

Have I told you lately about the new horror that has taken over my life? Well, buckle up, bloggity friends, here it is.

My four year old, that precious, loving, happy, little girl has a BOYFRIEND. Yes, sadly, you read that right. This of course is terrifying to me. Me, the one who swore from her first days on this earth that I would not allow such a horror to befall her, at least until she was thirty, or I was dead, whichever came first. Me, the one who has sat up late with her husband many nights, conjuring up plan after plan to combat any forthcoming teenage hormones. Me, I am that mother - the mother of a four year old who has a boyfriend.

His name is Josh. Perfect, so biblical and yet such a soap opera name. I personally believe all boys with a four letter biblical name beginning in a J will most certainly break your heart and should be clearly steered away from, so naturally, my daughter's first "boyfriend" is named Josh, Naturally!

My kindergarten boyfriend was a Jeffrey (Jeff), first grade brought a Jonathan and then of course, dear Mask boy had the full combo, biblical name that started with a J and only four letters. I speak from experience with the J's -- it never turns out pretty!!

Her Josh, well, he is cute, she has good taste, at least on a preschool level. Of all the boys in her class, he would probably be my pick - but again, NOT A GOOD INDICATION as I would just rather she not follow in my path. Nonetheless, he is cute and if you are gonna kiss a guy - he better be cute, right?!? Life is too short to kiss ugly boys -- or so I have been told.

Oh - did I not mention she kisses him... and is proud of this!!! Even more chilling, she kissed him RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME. No shame, just reached right over and smacked him on the (thank goodness) cheek during their circle time at the Fall Party last week. It was a proud mommy moment, especially since I was standing and talking with his mother at the time. Mortifying!!

On the way to school this morning Hannah informed me that the first thing she was going to do when she saw Josh was kiss him. And although thankfully I didn't have to witness the event, I am quite sure she did...she is very sure of her intents and always follows through.

This afternoon and evening, every sentence that has flown out of her mouth has begun with the words "Do you know what Josh does?" and then she proceeds to regale a silly joke, or slapstick comedy move that he has done on the playground or in the classroom today. I can't tell you how annoying that is... and all I can think of is my poor parents. I shudder to think I did all of this to them.

The only upswing to this new "boyfriend" phase is that she truly does not know what a boyfriend is. When pressed, she just says she kisses him because he is her friend and really it is incredibly sweet the way she talks about him. Sadly for her, however, although he is does seem to like her and want her in his circle, his "circle" is ALL of the girls in her class. He is quite the ladies man. Great! Just what we need a broken heart at four years old.

Yep, cute, "ladies man", and his name is biblical, four letters and heaven help us, starts with a "J". Somebody help me, I feel a migraine coming on and I think it just might last for the next twenty years.

Living Happily In The Moment!
Beverly