Flirt

Genevieve is at that difficult age where she misses being taken care of like a baby but wants desperately to be a big girl. Lately she has been acting more like the former but today I witnessed her acting very grown up. It seems that she has taken a liking to the male counselor at her camp. Her teacher came over and talked to me at the playground and mentioned that Genevieve was chatting up said counselor at that very moment. I looked over at Genevieve talking very intently to this teenager ( or early 20s, tops) and I swear I saw her batting her eyelashes at him. Normally she runs to me screaming, "Mommy!" as soon as I am in sight but today she didn't even know I was there until her teacher dragged her away. I tried not to laugh when I asked Genevieve what the male counselor's name is. Her answer? "Nobody."

In other Genevieve news, she made a "torch" today at camp to celebrate the start of the Olympics. The teacher told the kids about the project at the beginning of class and wanted to know if everyone was going to watch the Olympics tonight. Genevieve was very confused and told the teacher that we don't have Olympics at our house. I explained to the befuddled teacher that the only TV Genevieve sees is on DVD and that until now she had never heard of the Olympics. I wonder if I am the only parent worried about socially scarring my child for life by not letting her watch enough TV.