Goin' To The Chapel....

My kids are out of school.

I wish this also meant summer break for me, but that is still a few weeks away.

The boys just wrapped up third grade and kindergarten.  Looking back, they accomplished quite a bit this year.  Science animal notebooks, book reports, bigger tests, literacy circles, and history projects for the 3rd grader; Learning how to read, telling time, adding and subtracting, and simply surviving all-day school for the Kindergartner. 

These were all things I expected. 

What I didn't expect was my son coming out of Kindergarten completely fascinated with marriage.

Yep, that's right, he's ready to tie the knot.

I guess I should have seen it coming last summer when he was the ring bearer in my cousin's wedding.  The look in his eye should have been my first clue.

A few weeks ago, I got an email from my son's teacher.  It went something like this:  "Did you know your son is getting married?  He told me so himself.  I told him that he was too young and he should wait at least 15 years.  I told him that when it's time to get married, he should marry his best friend.  He told me, 'yeah, I know.  You know, that's __________.'" (insert little girl's name here). 

Gulp.

He still tells me no less than 3 times a week that he wants to marry her.  In fact, his teacher told me that he has declared to other girls in his class that "I can be your friend, but I am going to marry ___________." 

He's 6.

I'm nervous.

He's smitten.

  Did I mention that he is 6?

Honestly, he has great taste.  She's spunky and full of joy.  He seriously could not go wrong with any of the girls in his little class.  Sweet, fun, kind, cute girls.  All of them.

Fast-forward 15 years and I would be happy for him to snag any one of those girls.

Well, except his cousin. 

We've already had the no-you-cannot-marry-your-cousin-even-though-you-are-adopted-and-are-not-technically-blood-related-speech (Thank you so much to older brother and cousins for bringing up that conversation.  That was fun to explain.).

But for now, he's in love.  And declaring it to the world.