Saturday, January 5, 2008

Jay's First Love

If you ask Jay who he is going to marry, he'll tell you Sara Vnuk. My husband and I wholly agree with his choice and wish there was a remote possibility of that becoming a reality. The only problem with the whole thing is that she is 14 years older than he is. Yet he has faithfully claimed her as his future wife for about 2.5 years (a long time in the life of a five year old).

Nearly two years ago, she came to church one evening saying she had had a crummy day and could she take Jay out for ice cream (the only time she had to put her date's carseat into the car prior to leaving). So, Jay, knowing how things go, said, "Dad, I need some money to take Sara out for ice cream. The guy is supposed to pay!" My husband lent him $5 with the understanding that he would work for the money the next day.

They had a great time. Jay was a perfect gentleman, including not letting Sara handle the money even when it came time to paying at the ice cream stand.

The next day, Jay happily accepted his job of picking up sticks in the yard. He worked hard for an entire hour. Here is a picture of him by the pile of sticks which paid for his date.


Hopefully, by the time Sara is ready to get married, Jay will be shy about his crush rather than heart-broken.


Oh, and when the picture at the top was taken, Jay had sat down on Sara's lap and declared that no matter what, he was not getting up...EVER! :)

3 comments:

Melissa E. said...

Well, at least he has good taste!

Anonymous said...

i loved reading every part of this story. i love jayboo stange. =)

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Saragarms said...

That was so funny. The way he kept saying it was great. I laughed a lot. What a kid.