First crush

Meet Josh. Some of you have heard about the infamous Josh but now you can see who this kid is that apparently Pearl is in love with. Josh is one of Pearl's friends at daycare and from the beginning she's been fascinated with him. I can't quite figure out why - they never play together and he ignores her most days not to mention the boogery nose. Maybe it's because "Josh" is an easy name to say and was one of her first words. Or maybe because she can boss him around, who knows. While Josh does get the privilege of being talked about on those long, boring weekends at home (for awhile every time we got in the car Pearl would ask to see him) he also gets blamed for anything that goes wrong at daycare (like Pearl telling me, "Josh bite! Ouch" whether he's the biter or not). He also gets mentioned in Pearl's sleep. The other day when I went to get Pearl for our afternoon walk her teachers asked me if Pearl talked in her sleep. Not that I noticed but apparently she talks about Josh during her naps. She said "Josh, sit down!' a few times (oh and "mean Daddy"...who knows where that came from). She's also said his name lovingly a few times before during her naps too. Great. My daughter's not even 2 and we've got to have "the talk" with her. Jeff has also told Josh he's watching him (after barging into Pearl's class one day and saying "Which one of you is Josh?") but I'm afraid the love birds don't care what their parents think about all this. But I guess being the only girl in her class, it was bound to happen at some point.