Tonight I was able to make a sit down dinner, at a decent time for a change. I made my own made-up version of Chinese Chicken Salad, and sandwiches. I don't think I made enough salad, the kids were licking their plates. Seriously, they licked their plates. Thanks Marsha for the dressing!
When we are able to all sit down together and eat dinner, Shannon will go around the table and ask the kids how their day was, and who they played with, what they learned in school, and any thing else we can get out of them. First of all I must remind you we have three children in our family who like to be heard, and one that just sits back and listens. (Darn the bad luck) So getting things out of these kids is not hard at all. Tonight we were able to confirm that Linsey has a crush on a boy, Mia once again confirmed that she is in love with Dallas, and the boys-no such luck. Well, for tonight anyway.
Mia was so excited that "Mrs. Newman" brought out the shapes and taught the kids all kinds of neat tricks with them. She said she played with one of her "very best friends, Kennedi". They played Beverly Hills Chihuahua. Would anybody like to explain how you play Beverly Hills Chihuahua?
Linsey said "nothin", followed by about 15 minutes of an explanation of every subject that was taught in school. All I could think was "Wow, that's allot of nothin" Shannon asked her who she played with today. And jokingly he asked her if she played Starwars with a boy in her class, who I will not mention, and her face turned red and she started giggling out of control. (We joke about playing Starwars because one day Richie came home and said he played Starwars, and I thought Shannon was going to bust his gut. It just struck him funny. And in typical Guidry fashion, nothing ever gets old. Jokes go on for years around here) Shannon asked her "Does ______ know you like him?" and she said "No". Oh, Linsey, you fell right into that trap!!! The boys let loose and it was over for Linsey. At this point Mia said "Everybody knows who I like-like" I guess the second "like" makes the feelings more romantic or something. Then Linsey blurted out "Dallas". I'm sure it was to take the attention off of her. And for some reason Mia became so upset. I reminded her that she said everybody knew who she liked, and she said (like a little adult) "Yes, but I didn't want her to confirm it" Who taught this kid how to talk like this?
The boys never had crushes this young, or at least they knew better than to tell us. We still joke with Rich about a girl that he played with alot in his younger elementary years. Of course he doesn't like her, nor did he ever, but it's still fun to give him a hard time. See, nothing ever gets old in this house.
We have a rule in our home. No boyfriends or girlfriends until your ready for marriage, or at least out of Highschool. I'm OK with crushes, or hanging out with somebody that they might like. When dances come around I'm sure the kids will go with somebody they have a crush on. Hopefully the will go with a group of freinds.
However, the bible says that courting, which is dating, is intended for finding a mate. Somebody to spend the rest of you life with. And I just don't think my children will find the person that they intend to spend the rest of their life with in Jr. High. Our kids understand the rule, and so far respect it. I am trying to instill into my children the values of relationships and how important your friends whether they be boy or girl can be. In a perfect world my children would become best friends with the person that they marry before they become an "item". (oh wow, that was so hard to write) I just want my children to have fun. I want them to experience everything they can. I really feel that I robbed myself of a lot of experiences because I always had a boyfriend.
I've been told by so many people that my children will probably rebel and hide relationships from me, and I had friends like this in high school, it's possible. but I have God on my side. I believe that every night when I pray for my children, God listens, and I am sure he understands how important this wish is for my children. So no worries here!!!
So our nice family dinner turned out to be something very interesting. Linsey almost lost her dinner, and Mia, once again.....Loves Dallas! (poor Dallas)
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