Living arrangements

Luke: "Mommy, I'm going to live with you forever."
Mom: "Don't you want to get married and have a family."
Luke: "Yes, I sure do!"
Mom: "Well don't you think you should live with your wife and kids?"
Luke: "Yes, mom, we'll live here."
Mom: "All of you?"
Luke: "Yes."
in attempt to get out of this...
Mom: "Well, what if Katelyn wants to live with her mom and dad?"
Luke: "They can come too mom!"
Mom: "Well, where will they sleep?"
Luke: "In the beds that they bring?"
Mom: "Where are they going to put their beds?"
Luke: "In the hallway....where I sleep...in the kitchen. They could put them downstairs if they want to, but then they might get scared by the scary shadows down there."

Babies

Luke: "When we have babies, their names are going to be 'Luke' and 'Anthony'"
Mom: "Whose babies?"
Luke: "Mine and Katelyn's. And if we have another one, it's name will be 'Drew'."
Mom: "What if you have a girl?"
Luke: "We'll name it 'Katelyn'."

(Katelyn's brother's name is Anthony)

The wedding

Luke and his bestest friend ever, Katelyn, have regularly talked about getting married for months.

Today, they decided, was a good day.

At lunch, they told their teachers at daycare that they wanted to get married. The teachers suggested they wait until after quiet/nap time (thinking they would forget about it).

After quiet time, Katelyn made herself a flower boquet. She then dressed up in a princess dress, in preparation to marry my son. Another girl was upset because she wanted to marry Luke, so Katelyn let her be a bridesmaid and gave her the flowers to carry down the isle (my boy has good taste!)

And then, while sporting a stylish clown hat, my son became a husband at the young age of 4.

And of course, the formal ceremony was followed by their first dance.

Luke was very proud of his new bride. I told him that I was proud of his choice, but that I would have liked to have been invited to his special day.

His response: "Don't worry Mom, it was just pretend. You can come when we really get married."

Asking permission

Luke & Katelyn have regularly crossed paths since before they were born.

-> thier parents were in pre-natal classes together
-> they took Kindermusik classes together before their first birthdays
-> at 14 months, they started daycare together
-> at 2 years of age, they left daycare to spend some extra time with their moms and their new baby brothers
-> at 3 years of age, they returned to daycare together

For months now, they have talked about getting married. Katelyn's parents are originally from Ontario and when she goes 'home' to visit, she tells all her relatives that she is going to marry Luke.

Last December, the wedding talks seemed to increase. At a Christmas party at the daycare, Luke & I talked about 'when' they would marry...

Luke: "I can't wait to marry Katelyn."
Mom: "I know honey, but you need to wait until you are a little bit older."
Luke: "When?"
Mom: "Well, when you are old enough to marry Katelyn, you will have to ask her dad's permission to marry her."
(I suggested this b/c I was pretty sure Luke wouldn't have the courage to ask her dad, who was sitting in a chair two spots over from where we were sitting)
Luke: "Can you ask him for me, Mom?"
Mom: "No, sweetie, if you are not ready to ask his permission, than you are not ready to get married. It's okay, you have lots of time before you need to worry about asking him."
Luke: "But I want to marry Katelyn."
...he thinks for a bit...
Luke: "Can I ask her mom instead?"
Mom: "Sure."
...he hesitates again...
Luke: "Can you ask her for me?"
Mom: "No, Luke, you need to ask yourself."
...more hesitation...
Luke (to Katelyn's mom): "Can I marry Katelyn?"
Katelyn's Mom: "Yes, Luke, of course you can!"

Luke was THRILLED he now had permission!!