5 going on 10

My sweet Justus is 5 but at times I think he thinks he is 10. Yesterday one of Josh's came over to invite him to a sleepover. This boy is such a good kid and is so sweet to Justus. I think Justus was confused on why he wasn't invited. In his mind he believes this boy is his friend too. He doesn't realize that he is being nice to his friend's little brother. While Josh was looking at the invite, Justus looked down at his feet and really quietly said "If you want, you can invite me too." Ooh, that just broke my heart.

I have felt that feeling of not being included and although I know why he wasn't invited I did not want to discount his feelings. I knelt down beside him and whispered to him that he wasn't old enough for a sleepover yet. The tears began and then I told him that I was glad that he wasn't going to go because he and I were going to go on a date that night. The tears stopped and a smile crossed his sweet face. Which brought such a joy to my heart.

So now we are planning our date night. He said he wants to take me somewhere romantic. What is romantic to a 5 year old? That would be Subway. He wants for us to eat Subway by candlelight and then watch movies and eat Hot Tamales.

Justus woke up this morning and told me 4 more days until our date. I am looking forward to it too. I know it won't be much longer until he wants to take another girl to Subway. But for now he is mine!!