Our spunky Natilie

This post doesn't inlude a picture (although I wish I had one, because that would make the story even more classic) but it is too funny not to document.

Our Natilie is one energetic, spunky, stubborn, strong minded, opinionated, wants to do things her own way and thinks she is a diva but is also one of the kindest girls you will ever meet. Her attitude reminds me of myself when I was younger (although I have mellowed out a ton since I have gotten older, so hopefully she will too :)
She is loving being at the middle school this year for 5th grade and rides the same bus as her brother which is nice. One day after school they got off the bus and rushed home. They busted in the door and Daniel was laughing and Natilie walked in all dramatic and said "Mom you will never guess what happened on the bus" I asked her what and this is what she told me.

she said "I was sitting with my friend talking on the bus when this 6th grade boy came up to me and asked me out on a date" by this point she was VERY dramatic about it all, with a louder tone in her voice and her hands waving in the air (for a brief moment I got a look into the future of her teenage years which scared the crap out of me and had to get that out of my mind and fast!!!) I asked her what did she say back to the boy and she replied "Mom, what do you think I told him, I looked at him, rollled my eyes and said, no-go date someone your own age for pete's sake!!" by that point I was laughing and crying at the same time, laughing because that is our Natilie and even though the boy was only one year older than her she thought it was a HUGE age gap, she is such a riot and crying because I know that oneday this will be reality to us. And of course her big brother has to chime in and say " and he was an ugly boy" I about died...oh the middle school drama...seriously its 5th grade people, shouldnt we still be coloring and playing with dolls instead of thinking about boys, writing notes, and worried about being the best dressed/most fashionable 5th grader at school (which Natilie already says thats what the other girls say and think about Natilie)
It really scares me to hear some of the stuff that kids talk/think about at their young ages. Natilie told me the other day that some girl in 6th grade likes this one boy who is in 6th grade too and that boy told the 6th grade girl that he wanted to have sex with her. Can you belive this!! The world in which these young kids are raised in terrifies the crap out of me and I hate to see what its going to be like in high school. Natilie told me after this "dont worry mom, that girl is gross and I stay away from her" it definitely makes me realize how CRUCIAL it is to keep teaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ to our children and praying each day for them! Now if only more parents in the world would think that too!