Love Letter

My friend, Chrissy, and I swap kiddos on a regular basis since they normally get along so well. A few nights ago I overheard Kaleb say, "After dessert, let's marry," to Natalie. Today in anticipation of a play date, Kaleb wrote his first love letter. He wrote it all by himself and then read it to me:

Me, Kaleb, I love Natalie really, really much.
He then drew a picture of them playing ball together.

Kaleb propped it up by our front window so she'd see it right away. She came and was really excited about his note and said she'd show it to her daddy when she got home. They played, they fought, he called her names, she spit at him, then broke his little heart when she left his note on our counter when it was time to go. He was persistent though and redelivered the note that evening at swim lessons. He was also thrilled to receive his own note from Natalie a week later and hung it on his bedroom wall all by himself! So it begins...