Budding Vanity
If I wasn’t aware that my two children are growing up, this week would have brought it screaming to my attention. I like watching my kids grow up. I’m facinated with the way their minds work as they learn about things and work to understand the world they live in.
However, every now and then, more mundane things intrude on their thoughts. Such as their awareness that they have looks too.
I still chuckle as I think of two days ago when I dragged my protesting children to help me find a professional maternity outfit so that I can meet up with bridal clients. As I was trying to find anything that didn’t look like it come straight off of a bad fashion accident or make me look like a balloon, I spent a lot of time in front of mirrors. My kids, pressed to give their opinions also stood in front of those mirrors. As I went to grab another potential fashion disaster off the rack, my son comes up to me and exclaims, ‘I’ve got a problem, Mom”. I give him a glance and ask what’s wrong. He tells me that he’s just been looking at himself in the mirror and He has realized he’s good looking.
Now he says this as if it’s the worst possible thing that could ever happen. All I can do is smile and reply, “So you just noticed did you?”. I’ve known for a long time that I have good looking kids. And everyone always tells me so. He continues to groan. All I can do is chuckle at his reaction. I know why he’s not happy about looking good. My son wants nothing to do with girls. As far as he’s concerned, he won’t be dating….EVER!!
*chuckles*
As far as he’s concerned, he was happy being a computer/gaming nerd because that meant he wouldn’t be noticed by girls. Now that his looks are starting to become evident, it means he may possibly be someone that they will notice. After all, I”m sure that’s all he hears the girls as school talk about. Boys and how they look. I can’t help but laugh. We all know he’ll change his mind soon, even if he says he already notices girls and he’s still not ever dating anyone. He doesn’t really care about his looks, he wants his clothes comfortable and his hair kept short so it doesn’t take a lot to clean it. But to hear the sound of doom in his voice as he notices what I’ve known for years, just is too funny.
As for my daughter, she is also trying to not notice boys. They however, are noticing her. Her body is developing even though she’s only 11 and everyone tells me I’m in trouble. I even had one grown man at Home Depot one day offer to give me a 2×4 just so that I’m prepared. Well, my budding young woman got her ears pierced yesturday. And she actually asked if she could get some makeup. She knows that I won’t let her wear everything right away, but at least with my Mary Kay background, I know what is good to get her started without letting her look like a clown. So we are starting with lipgloss. Which is appropriate to her age. And she borrows my powder, which is fine. She is constantly brushing her hair, which she insists on wearing long even if she hates having to wash it.
Awwwww, my poor babies are no longer babies anymore. And it’s fun to watch them develope, even if it can be aggravating sometimes.
