Thankful Thursday

I am thankful to have had this conversation with Corilynn.

I was walking out of preschool with her today and a little boy with his mother was walking behind us.  I heard him say to his mom, "That is Corilynn, she is my girlfriend."

I exchange an amused look with the boy's mother and we go separate ways towards our cars.  At the car I asked Corilynn about it, who at first doesn't seem to know anything about it.  But then she says:

"Yeah he is my boyfriend.  He is my first boyfriend.  I am his first girlfriend too."

Now I know, at least on Corilynn's side, that she has no clue what boyfriend means other than a boy that is her friend.  Until now, she has always considered boys accessories in the room, her friends only being girls.  So I know this boy being her "boyfriend" is really just her first boy that is a friend. 

But the way she said "He is my first boyfriend" just made me laugh because it was so cute and cheekily done.  So I called Andy to tell him about it.

I am thankful to have had this conversation with my husband:

I told him about Corilynn and the would be suitor.  About their maiden venture into boyfriend and girlfriend territory and how funny it sounded when she said she had a boyfriend. 

"So it seems your daughter has a boyfriend." I said.

He laughed for a short while and then said, in all seriousness, "I don't think I like that."