Wednesday, April 9, 2008

When a girl likes a boy

I've been contemplating as to whether I should blog about my daughter's new interest or not. I could not resist because this is definitely a new phase in her life and one that I never thought would come around.
Next door to us lives a family who have four boys. Two of those boys are always at our house wanting to play with Skyler. One of them is a year older than Megan and even though he and his brother enjoy playing with Skyler I have noticed a change in playing arrangements. Since there aren't any other boys in the immediate vicinity his age and not very many other nine year old girls, the two of them have taken to playing with each other. (I will say that they are always in a group with other boys, Megan being the only girl). I watch them interact and have to smile at all the innocent gestures, for instance: when the group are picking teams to play a game they always pick each other; they like to chase each other when a game of tag is being played; and oh the goofiness that my daughter oozes when he is around is just incredible. Oh, and the other day I noticed Megan coming in to brush her hair before going out to play, what! she usually never cares about what her hair looks like. So there you have it, girls don't always think boys have cooties and visa versa.