Growing Up with Boys

Yesterday the kid comes home from school, walks through the front door, drops her bag on the ground, heads to the fridge and says non-chalantly to me, "Yeah mom, I gave Jack my phone number today."  Big sigh.

Me:  "You what?" 

Her:  "Yeah, I gave Jack my phone number.  I asked him for his (she wants to invite this kid to her birthday party) but he told me that I should give him mine and he would call me."

Me:  "Oh, ok."  (Being the optomist I am (ha ha) thinking she just got the blow off and the kid really isn't into her.)

Wellllll.....the phone rings around 6 o'clock and I answer. 

Jack:  "Um, yes, hello.  Is there a person named Maddie that lives at this number?"

Me:  (Trying really super hard not to die cracking up.)  "Yes, who is this?"  (I thought it was a girl!  You know, 2nd grade boys still sound like girls!)

Jack:  "This is Jack."

And they talked for about 20 minutes.  I gathered he was asking her what her "plans" were for the weekend!  Thank goodness the kid's not "into" boys yet (she still looks at them as someone to play with so she doesn't have to play by herself), but it seems like the boys are already more advanced right now in regard to talking to girls.  She's got two boy friends like this now!!!

I just think the whole conversation was totally hilarious and how my kid was trying really hard to act like it was no big deal.