When Evie started daycare, there were all sorts of people there. However, over time, they have gone off to school, moved away, etc. So these days, it is a few babies, Evie, and her best buddy L. (His name has been changed, obviously, to protect the non-consenting innocent)

So they spend a lot of time together, and I didn’t think much of all the “L. said this” and “Me and L. did that” stories. Evie and L. spend a lot of time making plans, so naturally they planned a day together. Naturally, the first thing they would do is pick flowers together in a field, after which they would take a bath together and then go to sleep together.

Finally we got around to inviting L. over to our house, and Evie was looking forward to his visit for weeks. The big day arrived, and the first thing Evie said to me in the morning was, “Today L. is coming! Can you tell my heart is racing? Can you see how happy I am?” When she went down to pick up her clothes she said, “I have to pick out clothes that L. would like!”

It couldn’t have been any more date-like. The funny thing is, when he got here, Evie spent most of the time playing with his older sister. (Although she was pretty disappointed that he wasn’t spending the night.)

I know that anybody who has kids this age sees this kind of behavior, but it was pretty funny. Obviously it isn’t really romantic love, just friendship through the eyes of two 3 year olds. We made a point to not make a fuss about it. We certainly don’t need another little girl with big girl ideas put into her head by adults. So leave her alone about it…don’t you remember when you were a kid and you got teased about something like this?

No, I’ll apply all my teasing retroactively, when she’s a teenager and she finds this blog post.