A love Letter

Giovanni, my four year old, received his first love note last week. The picture is drawn by the lovely Miss Emily, a fellow pupil in the turtle class at swimming lessons. Here's how the exchange went:
E: "This is for G."
G: looks blankly at the picture
Me: "Oh, how nice. Say thank you G."
G: mumbles "thank you."
E: emphatically "It's because I love him!"

I took the picture as my mouth formed a silent "Oh". Emily's mom quickly added "But only as a friend."
"Of course..." I said. Emily rolled her eyes. Quite the grown up.
As we made our way to the car we were bombarded with Emily's 'hello's' and 'goodbyes' directed toward my son. Giovanni remained silent. Beppina and I repressed our giggles. I suspect this might be the first of many...