Dating

Looks like my boy isn't even 5 yet and he has his first girlfriend. She's a Japanese girl who lives in our building and goes to the same preschool. She's always splashing in the pool at the same time we go down for our evening dip, and they've taken to playing together all the time down there.

The girl's mom told me a week ago that she was writing her father and the girl came over and told her tell him that she had a boyfriend, and then named our boy. Last night we invited the family over for dinner (I roasted my bitchin' herb-stuffed chicken) and the kids had a whee of a time.

Today, I asked my son, "So do you have a girlfriend now?" This sheepish grin spread across his face and he looked at me and said, "Yeah". I have to say she seems like a good catch. Well-behaved, bilingual, with a giggle like candied bubbles, if you can imagine such a thing.

I'm proud of you, son, but no, you can't have the keys to the car.