Love is in the Air

Let me first say that I find it completely ridiculous when parents promote little ‘romances’ with their young children.  ‘Crushes’ or ‘having a girlfriend’ have no place for little grade school kids!

So, when Joe’s teacher told me that Ella and Joe ‘liked’ each other, I wasn’t sure how to approach it.  When he would talk about her (which wasn’t very often) we would say things like, “Yes, she’s your good friend.  Who are some of your other friends at school?”

This Valentines Day, Joe made a special Valentine for Ella, handmade with rainbows and everything.  I tried to encourage him to make handmade Valentines for everyone in his class, which he did.  But, at school, one of his projects was to make this heart:

The middle says “Who Loves Me?”

In case you can’t read it, it says things like God, Dad, Mom, Brothers, ‘Ants’, Uncles, and way over in the corner, written very small, is the name ‘Ella’ 

When he showed us the heart, Scott pointed to it and asked him, “What’s this?”  He was clearly embarrassed in a very sweet way. 

We’re trying not to talk anymore about it, but it was a precious display of emotion.  Oh, and confidence… he must be pretty sure she loves him for him to put it on a school project!