It has started.

Talking on the phone. Liking boys.

Caitlynn has entered the tweens.

I had break this news to Joe gently. He's been waiting for the time to come when his little girl starts growing up, liking boys, and asking to call her friends. Yeah, well... The time is now. Joe needs to prepare himself mentally to deal with a tween girl. Just wait until she actually starts dating (a few years off, thankfully). He told her she's not allowed to date until she's 25. I probably should not have told him stories from my own teen years.

As a mother, do I need to prepare myself for these years of development with my girl? Sort of. I need to brush up on my secret agent skills and subtle interrogation methods -- you know... kind of passive aggressive interrogation. For instance, I ask her questions at random moments to see if I can garner any valuable information about the boy she likes in her class. It's working so far. That's how I figured out she likes a boy. She liked another one but her friend told him (say it with me ladies -- Oh no she din't!). And she has started calling her friends on the phone, which prompted me to make some phone rules. If only her little brother would leave her alone when she's jabbering on and on about so and so.

Right now I cannot depend on Miles to give me any good information. That will come later when he gets older and learns to be a snitch for his mom. The only thing he's good for at the moment is teasing Caitlynn about boys and irritating her when she's talking to her friends. That's what younger siblings do. It's their job.

Now the fun begins!









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