kiss the boys

there comes a time in every father's life (fathers of little girls) when they must face the fact that their little baby is going to one day start liking boys, dating, and even get married. there's a song by rodney atkins called "cleaning this gun" that prepares them for the speech they will likely give to a young man who dares show interest in this daughter that basically threatens them with a hide filled with buck shot should there be any inappropriate behavior, looks, words, or even thoughts. i like that song quite a bit and fully expect my husband to use something like that speech when our girls start dating. however, today i was faced with an unexpected dilemma. how are you supposed to threaten such harm to a four year old? and his brother?

there was a family sitting in front of us at church today that had two little boys. just guessing, i'd say that one was about four and the other three...though i could be off. anyway, one of them was playing with noe (peek a boo and sharing a book, etc.). the other was letting noe draw on his head with her crayons (hey, it washes out, right?). anyway, once the meeting began, the noe lost interest in them for the most part and played with us and ate her snack. at one point, i left to feed mali in the mothers' lounge. i was gone for about 30 minutes and got back in just as the meeting ended. the family in front of us was leaving and, as i arrived back at our seats, i saw my oldest daughter try to kiss one of the little boys. at first, it was kind of cute. then she tried again. she basically followed them out of the chapel making kissing sounds. fai informed me that she had also been holding one of their hands while i was gone. now, i'll admit, i knew that boys would be chasing my little angel when she got older because she is so darn pretty. i did not expect, however, that i would need to worry about her chasing them...at least not this early. and she's been getting really good at running lately, so now i'm worried that she may actually start catching them.

does rodney have a song for that?