Faith's birthday: 7 years old!! Can you believe it?!? Wow. (Right now she's big into watching re-runs of "
And ended the birthday parties marathon ("crazies") this past weekend with Faith's very first birthday party with friends: pin the tail on the donkey, musical chairs, pinata, chocolate cake, and presents. What could be better?
So, about a week or two ago, this is about how the conversation went:
[Picture this: I'm sitting on my bed working on my laptop with the TV on as background noise when Miss. Faith comes into my room and sits down on the bed next to me.]
Faith: "Tell me about the 'S' word."
Me: "Huh?"
Faith: [whispering] "You know, sex"
Me: [surprised, but playing it cool] "What would you like to know?"
Faith: [very matter-of-fact] "Well on TV they were talking about how parents need to talk to their kids about sex. So what do I need to know?"
Me: "What would you like to know?"
Faith: "Well, when should I be doing it?"
Me: [thinking "Never!", but calmly answer] "Usually it's after college ... " [okay, not always] "... and it's usually with the person you're marrying. Does that make sense?" [let's not get into all the other parts of this discussion right now...]
Faith: "Hmm. Okay. So why do people have sex?"
Me: "Well, it feels nice and some people just have sex because it feels nice. But it's best when people do it do when they love each other and want to have a baby."
Faith: [as a statement] "So you and Dad have sex."
Me: "Yep. . . Do you have any other questions?"
Faith: [all casual] "Nope."
Me: "Feel free to ask me if you have any more questions."
Faith: "Okay." [And she hops off the bed and heads off to play.]
Me: [Dear Lord!]
Ahh, yet another day with a precocious child.
I vaguely remember first grade, but one of my recollections was of being really nervous... In contrast, Miss. Faith was all confidence. I really admire her bravery and courage as she started a new school this year.
You go girl!!We just had weeks and weeks of celebrations starting off with Elijah's birthday party on August 29th at some video game playing place in Eugene. Elijah invited a couple of boys over and they spent a couple hours at a arcade and then had a slumber party at our house with even more video games!! . . . what could be better than that for a boy turning 12 years old?!?
Then, we had a family party for Elijah's actual birthday (a couple days after school started).
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Elijah!!
