New Friends at Chick-Fil-A

We had a family dinner at Chick-Fil-A last night and as usual Gunner made a new friend on the playground. The boy Gunner had be-friended was the same size as Gunner but we discovered that he was 6 (his birthday was Feb 27, 2004, at least that's what he told us). So--he was almost 2 full years older than Gunner. They were playing and having great fun. They had made up a game and the 6 year old was enforcing the rules to this made up game and Gunner was apparently breaking them.

So the 6 year old says, "You touched the glass, that doesn't count"
Gunner says, "What? I can count in Spanish. Wanna hear? Uno, dos, tres. See, I can count."
The 6 year old responds, "No that doesn't count. Are you in Pre-K or Kindergarden?"
Gunner says, "What? I'm in Op-pa-homa."
The 6 year old gets super frustrated and asks Gunner several more times if he is in Pre-K or Kindergarden. Ed and I finally feel sorry for the kid and tell him that Gunner isn't old enough to be in Pre-K or Kindergarden.

We were cracking up listening to the conversation. But it reminded me how easy it is to have unreasonable expectations of kids because the look older or seem older than they actually are. At Gunner's 4 year old check up we were told he would not be considered short for a 7 year old. Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining about his height. Obviously between me and Ed he is probably going to be a tall boy. But for now, it may put him to a disadvantage in the expectation department. It was amazing to hear the difference in vocabulary and understanding from 6 to 4. The next few years are going to be fun! Look out Pre-K Gunner is on his way this fall!