Slow Down Olivia!!!

You know how everyone always wants to encourage their kids to learn new things every day and grow up faster, then when they get older and start dating, you want them to slow down and not grow up?

Well Olivia is only 4 and is already at the point where I don't want her to get any older. She is at the perfect age where she plays with her princess dolls, she is big enough to hold her ground playing with Bradley, she absolutely terrorizes the dog by always wanting to give her hugs and kisses, and just all around being a cute little girl.

But she is obsessed with being married! A few weeks ago, she told me that she wants to marry me. I told her that I was already married to her Mommy, and that made her sad. For several weeks, she kept telling me that she wanted me to marry her, and not Mommy. We finally got her convinced that Dads couldn't be married to their daughters, so she told us she will be married to Honey(Grandma). Last night, Olivia told me that when she is bigger, and Bradley is bigger, that she is going to marry him! And they will both sleep in Bradley's fire bed, but they won't kiss, cause that would be silly. They even wrote up a marriage certificate on a Doodle Pad.

I know this is probably just a little phase she is going thru, but it is making me think of how stressed out I am going to be when she does get older and starts dating. PLEASE Olivia, can't you just stay as cute and innocent as you are right now? What's the rush to grow up?

Posted by Richard