Rachel invited me to meet her for lunch Wednesday. Which really meant sitting with a table of chattering kids, but it was fun nonetheless -- more fun than I thought it would be.
I ended up getting into a staring contest with three of them -- Rachel (who lost quickly), Gabrielle (who kept snapping her fingers in front of my eyes to distract me, but it didn't work) and Addie, who held out the longest and almost made me lose, even though I pointed out that I was wearing contact lenses and was thus at a disadvantage.
I asked all of them when they expected to get their own cellphones, and the consensus seemed to be age 10 -- although Rachel volunteered age 16 (which is what Drew and I hope to stick to, although we're not sure if that's realistic). And THAT led to a discussion about ear piercing -- I told all of them that I'd gotten my ears pierced when I was in 7th grade, and it hurt, and keeping the holes open was such a pain that I ended up letting them close up and now I wear clip-ons.
Meanwhile, Trip -- the smartest and most together of the boys -- was sitting close by and when I looked over, he had gotten ketchup ALL OVER his shirt from the chicken tenders and ketchup that he'd been eating. I handed him a tissue and he tried to wipe everything off, but it was a hopeless cause.
Sometimes I forget how young they really are.
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