Entry FeedDaughter is having her first school-friend playdate today.
But she has informed me that, "it is not a date!"
There is a boy in her class, from SK in her JK/SK split. After school last week they were playing together, as they have since the first week of school. He came over to me and asked where we lived. He then told me that I should write it down on a piece of paper and give it to him the next day so that he could come over.
Yes, pretty forward for an SK. But he does have a twelve-year-old brother who will be 14 in November (seriously! When kids talk, you just can't make this stuff up!)
His mother and I emailed back and forth and made arrangements for a playdate today after school. When I informed Daughter, she replied, "It is not a date! Just a play."
Of course! She is 4 - and she is not allowed to date until she is 18... or maybe 21. Her father and I are still negotiating that one.
Anyway, this morning I decided that I should warn her to keep her clothes on. She is a bit of a nudist, and her brother's friends are starting to ask why she always seems to run around without clothes on. And the last thing I need is for a "let's play doctor" incident on my watch. So I warned her to keep her clothes on, and she started laughing at me!
"No honey!" I said, "I am serious!"
"I know!" she answered, "that is why it is so funny!"
The two of them are now playing upstairs in her bedroom. Yes, the door is open, and I have casually gone up to check on them three times.
I never had these worries with the boys. Then again, my boys have never wanted a girl over for a playdate.