Overheard: Avery teaching a boy about lip gloss

Zoe has had boy friends dating back to when she was a baby, but Avery: not so much. It’s been fun, then, to watch her blossoming friendship with a little boy in her class – the one who asked her to marry him a few months ago. Avery had him over for a playdate a few weekends ago, and I loved watching and listening to them interact. (She played with him differently than she would with her girlfriends – they mostly just ran around – but I know she had fun.) And I had to laugh when I overheard him ask her, “What is lip gloss for? Does it go on the lips?” Avery laughed and answered, “Of course, it does, silly! Where else would it go?”

-M

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