The Spy Assistant is Watching You...

Okay! So I thought that this doesn't happen until much later...but apparently I have no other choice than to deal with it now....

Leah and our good friend Cody, have been friends since birth. Katie and I are BFF's and so we get together a lot with the kids and let them play while we gossip and laugh. It all works out great to pass time. Usually, the kids leave us alone and play, so we don't have to do much but break up the occasional squabble over a toy.

We always joke that Cody and Leah are going to get married. They have always had this love/hate relationship. They love and protect each other but fight like an old married couple. It is too cute to listen to them talk. It usually goes something like this:

Leah: "I'm mad, why aren't you playing with me?"

Cody: "I already told you I don't want to!"

Leah: "But I want to talk with you."

Cody: "NO!!"

Leah: "Yes!"

At some point Katie and I made a big fuss over how cute they are and about them being boyfriend and girlfriend. Looking back maybe we shouldn't have encouraged it as much as we did, but it seemed innocent enough. Pretty soon they were calling each other boyfriend and girlfriend. It's so cute! You can ask Leah and she will say Cody is her boyfriend. Cody is protective of her when other kids aren't being nice. He will tell them to be nice to his girlfriend. It is all so amusing and cute, until.....

This boyfriend and girlfriend decided to take their relationship to the next level and show each other their privates!!! Ya heard me!! They are three and showing each other the goodies.

The first time we discover this, we are calm and collective and do the distract and talk method.

"Those are your privates, we don't show our privates to people, let's pull up our pants and go color."

Worked pretty well, but you could see it in their eyes, the cat was out of the bag. And this cat was a curious one!!

I tell Bobby about this and he sort of freaks out. He pulls the, "weren't you watching her" card. I'm like, "No, this has never happened before and the whole point of a play date is for some free watching time."

I had taken a class in psychology and knew that this is a normal thing and is to be expected. The best thing to do is distract and talk. It isn't a sexual thing, more of a curiosity thing. Katie is also a bit concerned and does some research and finds it is normal. So we rest easy thinking it is normal and we are going to have to keep a more watchful eye on our little lovebirds.

We end up walking in on them naked, let's just say, a "few" more times!! We don't even know what to do besides distract and talk. Bobby has a talk with Leah about her privates and she nods and says (just like every girl says to their dads), "OK Dad!" Knowing full well this isn't the last time she will be showing off her goodies!

The last time we catch them, they have the door closed and have this huge smirk on their faces. We decide to sit them down and talk about it. Cody and Leah are snuggled up next to each other on the couch and we tell them, "No more showing privates!"

And you know what they say right after one another....

Cody: "Well, she is my girlfriend!"

Leah: "And yeah....he is my boyfriend!"

I mean, how do they know what to say? We are speechless and keep repeating that privates are just for themselves and not for other people to see. We explain that they have different ones and aren't suppose to see the other ones. They keep repeating the bit about being boyfriend and girlfriend until I say, "Well then you can't see other privates until you are married!"

Cody then tells Leah, "Leah no more privates until we are married." She agrees with their new vow of celibacy.

Bobby mentioned to me a long time ago that he had heard someone tell their son that if the daughter graduated high school a virgin, he would buy the son a car. Bobby told me that he is also going to use this bribe for Bryce so he can keep a watchful eye on Leah when we aren't around. It's just a joke, really, but now I'm thinking it may be a good idea.

After the talk Bobby asks Bryce why he didn't come tell us Leah was pulling down her pants. He said he didn't know he should. He has a thing about being a tattletale. We tell him, he is to tell us when this is happening to protect Leah. He says, "Oh, like I get to be your spy assistant?!"

Exactly, you are our spy assistant!! He proudly holds this title and is now reporting to us frequently. Bryce, that car is yours in 15 short years!!! I thought this wouldn't be an issue until much...

much...

much...

much...

Later!!