A First Crush...

The other day, my grade 2 daughter comes home from school and says that she got a cool rock today.  So she showed it to me, and I saw there was a happy face drawn on it with a felt marker. 

So thinking nothing of it, I told her she did a great job and it was a cute happy face she had done.  Then she says "No, mom! Someone left it on my desk at recess, wasn't that nice!" 

Oh...well that was nice of them I said, and then I flipped it to the other side and it said "FR <3 J".  And Jordyn said I don't know what that means mom....but I think it means "from Jordyn?"  So I explained to her that actually it was someone in her class who maybe has a little crush on her.  She gives a little smile and says "oh mom....I think I know who it is, so I'll just ask him tomorrow, okay?"  How I love that age where innocence still takes hold of their little 7yr old minds...."I'll just ask him if he has a crush on me". Just plain and simple. 

 And I wondered to myself...."at what age does this go away?"  Probably sooner than I think, as I know that my grade 7 daughter would be mortified to ask "who had left the rock?"   It made me smile as I was reminded of how quickly the girls are growing up and that I should enjoy their days of innocence while it lasts. And as my dad constantly reminds me...I should start recording these sort of things in a journal to look back and remember these types of moments.  And he's right.