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What it's like having teenage girls

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 I went to lunch with Brendon and some of his coworkers yesterday and one asked me how I'm handling it, having teenage girls and I just smiled. I LOVE having teenage girls! They are so fun! 

Want to go shopping? Always.

Want to get a soda? Of course.

Want to tell me about your day? Tell me!

I had a flashback to earlier this week. Eisley had started getting texts from this boy from school. She didn't really know him but she had heard from some friends that he had a crush on her, so she was being polite. He asked to sit with her at lunch and she said sure. It really wasn't a big deal to her, because she didn't have any interest in him. Then another friend texted her and said she had to share a conversation she was having with this boy. She sent over 80 screenshots of her conversations with this boy, for Eisley to read. Eisley and I sat with the phone together, reading through and making fun of his terrible, terrible grammar. He used the wrong version of right (write), knows/know (nose and now), to (too) and so many more.

The gist of the conversation was this boy telling Eisley's friend that he had a crush on her, then when she did not return the feelings he asked for pictures of her friends. In between he bragged about his daily routine which included going on morning runs with his brother and practicing guitar for hours. Then she brought up Eisley and he tried to avoid the topic for a long time and finally said he had lost a bet to his cousin and Eisley was picked out randomly for him to "date". Eisley never had any intention of dating this boy.

We laughed and laughed as we thought up the perfect response to text him, letting him know he'd been caught and his behavior was despicable. I took the opportunity to remind my girls we do NOT send pictures of anyone to boys and all the other red flags this kid was showing. 

I love this stage. When my girls come home and want to tell me everything that happened, who they do have crushes on and what their plans are. Kaybree and Eisley are so different and both are so fun. I love to see them share and bond with each other. They are so different yet a love for lip gloss, make up, cute clothes and boys brings them together. Can't wait for Aspen to get to experience it someday!

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