Yikes! They are growing up!

Today I was subbing for middle school sixth grade math. I enjoy subbing. I honestly feel comfortable with this. I have a sixth grader. She is eleven. She's beautiful, tall, long legs and hi-lights in her fabulous brown hair. This whole package scares me to death. I know that everyone thinks that their daughter is the "most beautiful in the world". Let's face it, she is!

During her passing period today, she took a few seconds to not only acknowledge my presence, but to tell me that a boy had asked her out. YIKES

Now, it's both a good thing, and a bad thing to know the kids. I know the 6th graders fairly well, I spend a lot of time there. This BOY is a cute kid who talks incessantly, and never turns in work. His future occupation eludes me.

Here is the part where I skirt around the fact that I had many a boyfriend by her age. It's different when it's your daughter!

I didn't get any details until later. Apparently, her Science teacher had moved the kids and she now shares a table with this boy. Yes, that makes this the teacher's fault. ha ha
I guess the conversation went like this:
Him- "what would you say if I asked you out?"
Her- "no, because I'm not allowed to go out with anyone"
So, she let him down easy. She was not insulting or rude, she didn't embarrass herself.

Now, I would like to thank the girls that have influenced her over the years. Her cousins, babysitters, family friends, and such. She is somehow convinced that she may NOT date until she is 18. This isn't a rule that her father or I have imposed on her. She just assumes that since it was that way for some very important people in her life, this is the case for her.
PLEASE, don't tell her otherwise! :)