Harrison and his girlfriend (yes, you read that right!), Danna, at the Purim Carnival. (They discussed whether or not to dress up and decided that they would do something "in between." Wearing a regular costume was too "yesterday" (according to them) but they were encouraged by the temple to dress up, so he wore his baseball uniform and she wore her cheerleading uniform.
Ok, this is my first try at posting a photo, so let's hope it comes out right!
Now, for the girlfriend story. As unbelievable as it seems (to us, anyway), Harrison has a girlfriend. He's not even 12 yet! (His bday is in two weeks). This is actually his second girlfriend. His first was a girl from his class at school. They "liked each other", (and told each other they did), danced together at a couple of school dances, and hung out together for a few minutes after school and occasionally at lunch.
This girlfriend, Danna, is in his class at hebrew school and they have been friends for a couple of years. They've been flirting with each other for a few months now and spending a lot of time together at youth group events once a month.
Last month there was a dance for 6th-8th graders in the youth groups of all the different temples and they went together with a group of friends from temple. He came home from the dance very excited and told me that he and Danna are "going out." I asked him where they were going and he said "well, we're not really going anywhere, but we're "going out" as in boyfriend and girlfriend." Apparently they danced together the whole time, (including slow dances, which *they* requested from the DJ!), he held her hand, they decided they were boyfriend and girlfriend and that was that. He told Jacqueline at school the next day and now they are just friends.
He and Danna email each other regularly, talk on the phone a few nights a week and they see each other on Wednesdays and Sundays at hebrew school. I did catch a glimpse of him briefly holding her hand as they walked around the Purim carnival. They don't go to the same school, so they don't see each other at school, which is good. He went to her birthday party a couple of weeks ago and she's coming to his bday skating party in 2 weeks.
The necklace she is wearing (in the picture) is what he picked out to buy her for her birthday present and he wrote her the sweetest card. Her mom said she wears it every day!
It's all very innocent and he still tells us everything, which is good and I hope doesn't stop! She's a very sweet girl and very smart too. (She and Harrison are way ahead of everyone else in their self paced hebrew program.) Marlon and I are not quite sure what to do about it all, so we've decided that we shouldn't do anything and just let it be. He seems young to us, but he's not the only one of his friends who seems interested in girls (he says that three of his friends also have an "official" girlfriend - he's reading over my shoulder and telling me what to write, just in case you are worried he'd be upset that I'm sharing his girlfriend news with everyone!) Her parents know all about it and think it's very sweet, although they also have a 16 year old daughter, so this isn't new to them.
Anyway, that's it for now! :) Let me know what you think by posting a comment!
2 comments:
Your "baby" is so cute...and so is his girlfriend.
Well what a cute couple now!
So funny - my husband and I were just talking about what arbitrary ages we thought would be OK for certain things...since we have a girl coming along. I was thinking you know...16...18 for boys coming around, but then he pointed out it depends on what type of activities they are up to...he had a girlfriend at 12 and they would go ice skating etc. and double date with his older brother...I guess it depends on the child and you cross that bridge when you get there! My sister and I were not allowed to date at all period or hardly talk to boys, so I got into trouble later that I probably wouldn't have if there had been a healthy balance. I think you are right not to make too big of a deal if it's all innocent, since that keeps them closer and more comfortable around you, and less likely to get up to mischief ;)
Bonnie
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