Little Lizzy

For all of those who know my sister Elizabeth, brace yourself. Lizzy has her first boyfriend. His name is Parker and he is also in the 7th grade. He officially asked her to be his girlfriend on Friday night and offered to buy her a pretzel with cheese at the Westminster basketball game. "Isn't that sweet"? Those are her words. Apparently my brother Elliot and his friends know Parker and approve, but I'm feeling a little protective here. This is Lizzy, my sweet, shy little sister. I asked if he's held her hand yet and she said no. Phew. No physical contact. Maybe it will stay that way... I just can't believe she's in junior high and doing these junior high things. She wants a North Face Denali jacket, just like all of the other junior high girls (along with many sorority girls across the country) she wants a cell phone, her clothes are more hip than mine, and people, she is just too cute. That's what worries me. She blushed a little when I asked her about Parker - that was pretty cute. She said it's a long story and just as she was going to tell me this long story she recieved a phone call. Note: none of us even answer the phone in this house because we know it is for Elizabeth. The funny thing is that when she's not here we just don't answer and sometimes they call two times in a row, just to make sure she's really not going to answer. Funny. She also recieves prank calls from boys. One day, I made the mistake of answering the phone, and someone asked for Elizabeth. I told them she wasn't here and then suddenly the voice of Napoleon Dynamite was in my ear asking, "Is Pedro there?" That is my cat's name, but they didn't stay on the line long enough to find that out.

It's just funny being in the house with a junior higher again - we all remember being there - but it's different this time even from my brothers, cuz this is my Lizzy. If this Parker kid, or any other 7th grade punk makes her cry I swear, he will regret it, oh yes, he will. I guess I have to let go a little. If it's this hard with my sister I can't imagine what it will be like with my own kids. I look forward to hearing the long story and I guess I'd just better get used to it as I'm sure there will be many more long stories coming soon. Just had to share!