With Valentine's Day this past weekend, there must've been a lot of love in the air...
This morning, Eli said to me randomly,
"Hey Mom, I love you! When I get older, can I marry you?"
I replied, "Well, Eli, that's really sweet that you want to marry me, but I can't marry you. I will still be married to your Daddy."
Eli: "Well, do you think we could have two guys and one girl married together? Then me and Dad could both be married to you."
Me: "Um...no. You can only marry one person, and you stay married to that person for your whole life. Plus you're my son. I'll always be your Mom though!"
Eli: "Well, what if you forgot that you married Dad, then could you marry me?"
Me: [laughing] "No, I don't think I would forget that..."
Eli: "What if Dad missed some other girls and wanted to get married to somebody else?"
Me: [WHAT??] "Your Dad won't do that. We love each other and will stay married for our whole lives."
Eli: "Forever?"
Me: "Yep. Forever. That's the way it works. I will always love you as your Mom, and someday you'll get married to a nice pretty girl who you'll fall in love with, when you are a lot bigger."
Eli: [big sigh] "Okay, I guess I'll just have to marry Brenna then." :)
[Brenna is a friend at church who at least twice his age!]
Eli: "But I'll wait until I'm THIS tall [holding his hand just above my head]--taller than you!"
Well since I am 5 foot 2, he will probably pass me by before he's a teenager. Brenna's only a few inches shorter than me as it is....
Brenna and Eli
