My son, the player

Today I watched the almost five-year-old daughter of a friend of mine for a few hours while she took her three-year-old for allergy testing. Angela and Matthew play together all the time, at least twice a week if not more often, and get along very well. Today, however, took the cake.

I had to take Rob to work since I had a Tupperware party tonight (which went well) so we put Angela's booster seat in between our two boys for the trip. Here is the conversation that went on between the two:

Matthew: I love you, Angela.
Angela: I love you, Matthew.
Matthew: Hey, there's the Tine-ese restaurant! Do you like the Tine-ese restaurant, Angela?
Angela: Yes, I do like Chinese.
Matthew: You should come there sometime wiff us. Would you like to come wiff us?
Angela: I would like to come with you!
Matthew: Mommy, can Angela come with us sometime to the Tine-ese restaurant?
Mommy: Maybe.
Matthew: My mommy said yes.
Angela: Your mommy said maybe.

(A little later on the same ride....)
Angela: I luv ya, Matthew!
Matthew: I love you, too, Angela!
Angela: I saw a flock of birds shaped like an "L." Luh-luh-luh. (Angela is going through the book "How to Read in 100 easy lessons" or whatever it's called.) That's an "s" on the sign. S-s-s-s.
Matthew: You want to go wiff us to Chuck E. Cheese sometime? We went wiff my grandma and grandpa.
Anglea: Okay.

When we got home, the kids and I took off for the library, which is only about one block away. Matthew and Angela insisted on holding hands the entire way there and the entire way back. They walked verrry slowwwly, slower than me, and that's saying something! They chatted the whole way about dogs and pictures and Angela kept trying to corral Matthew if he veered in the wrong direction.

So, my son has now asked a girl out on a date, held her hand, and declared his affections for her. She, in turn, is already trying to keep him in line. Hey, Rach, should we set a date for twenty years from now??? Start picking out their china pattern???

Kids are just so cute :)