Saturday, May 1, 2010

Romance on the dirt pile

My 8-year-old came home from school the other day with a strange request. She asked if she could go to the dirt pile. The dirt pile is due to the construction going on behind our house. Our view of open field will soon become the view of a new development. Anyway, my wife naturally refused this request. She didn’t know why our 8-year-old princess would want to play on a dirt pile, but I’m guessing she was suspicious enough to deny the request immediately.

Luckily, my wife runs a daycare which means she has access to several tattle-tales. One of them informed my wife as to why our daughter wanted to go play on a dirt pile. Apparently the little boy that she has a crush on was going to be playing on the dirt pile after school and they were going to meet up and play together. While I’m not prone to over-reacting, I can’t help but think the girl that meets boys on a dirt pile could grow up to have facial tattoos and body piercings.
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