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[/caption]We were the first to bring a baby on our annual camping trip. Thankfully, a fellow parent and camper had the brilliant idea of bringing a blow up pool!
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[/caption]There are a lot of details, but generally we are the first to integrate children with our already existing life. It's been working pretty well, so far! But there are certain things that I wonder if we're doing... wrong.
Our three year old calls our friends by their first name. He always has. They are aunts and uncles to him. But, as he will be going to pre-school in September, I am wondering if we should teach him to call adults by "Ms. Webber" or "Mr. Reid" instead of first names. I'm pretty sure that the ship has sailed for our close friends, but when my son told my mom that he had gone to the park with "Keri, Jenny and Mackenzie" I was a bit concerned, because I'm KERI! and Jenny is my friend! Shouldn't he be saying, "Mommy, Mrs. Busch and Mackenzie" ??
It is further complicated by the fact that it feels very strange for someone else's children to call me, "Mrs. Bullock". I guess you just get used to it, kind of like when teenagers call you ma'am and you feel like you want to crawl under a rock. Do I look that old?!
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[/caption]I could be making a mountain out of a molehill, but it just seemed odd to me! What do you think- is it OK for my son to call my friends by their first names?
