**Names Have Been Changed to Protect their Identities**
How do I know this? Well, Alex has become quite the crusher. Does he have crushes on all the girls? No, not really. Alex still really only has eyes for Christina...Remember back when-"Mommy, I don't even think she knows my name?" Me-"Well, why don't you introduce yourself?" Alex (moving on)-"What are those things on her face?" Me-"Freckles." Alex (sigh)-"I don't really care what they are...I like them!"...Well, Christina hardly notices Alex and only really regards him as a good friend. Funny thing is that Alex returns the favor to all the girls who have developed crushes on him this year in Kindergarten. He hardly even recognizes their existence in the girlfriend sense...He loves being their friend, but fails to notice their fluttering hearts and oh so obvious love notes they send home with him everyday.
His first victim was Kimberly...Fortunately for her, despite an invite to her birthday party and attempts to gain his attention by tying Alex's shoes for him, seems as though she has been able to move on and just keep Alex in best friend status. Alex's second victim, Donna Jo, still seems to be vying for his attention and is even willing to put him in head locks and play as if she were a boy (racing, playing video games, playing tag, etc.) in order to succeed. Unfortunately for Donna Jo, his greatest acknowledgment of Donna Jo has been him asking me "why she changes her clothes so much?" Me-"Because that is what girls do...Haven't you been paying attention to Julia and her frequent clothes changes throughout the day?" He simply just shrugs his shoulders and moves on...
Most recently, Alex has been coming home with love notes in his red folder. Yes, love notes...not exactly a note per say. They are Kindergartners afterall...but, there are lots of pictures with hearts on them, paper cut-outs of colored hearts, and get well pictures from a certain someone when he was sick. The most blatant love 'picture' was a drawing of Emily with a heart and a drawing of Alex which all happened to be encased in a large heart. I asked Alex what it was (despite knowing quite well what the picture was telling) and he responded..."I don't know...It is just a picture that Emily drew for me." Completely oblivious...And, I must say...I like it that way.
Well, today, I was surprised at the beginning of Alex's Valentine's Day party at school to have another little girl, Heather, approach me and proudly proclaim that she was Alex's girlfriend. Poor Heather apparently has not been noticed on Alex's five year old radar...I hardly ever hear him mention her...Perhaps she should try a little bit harder. Some love notes to send home, tying his shoe laces, fluttering her eyelashes, etc. Then again, all of this charm has not worked on him quite yet. Heather is going to have to get creative...If only she paid attention to his show and tell routine. The way to Alex's heart is through army men, aircraft carriers, battleships, Legos, and dinosaurs. When will they all learn?
During the Valentine's Day party, Emily's mommy started telling me how much Emily talks about Alex. I then started to tell her about all the love notes Emily sends home with Alex. She was not to surprised and then told me...Emily told me the other day that Heather really likes Alex, but that it wasn't a big deal because she LOVED Alex. We both had a good laugh and Emily's mommy told me that she didn't remember crushes and the love word being thrown around when we were in Kindergarten. She then said..."If Emily is this bad in Kindergarten, her poor father is going to have his hands full when she is in high school." Ain't that the truth?? And, then I thought of poor Daddy...
Julia is still just so sweet and innocent and is definitely Daddy's little girl. Her Valentine's Day shirt said it all..."I Love Daddy!" Hopefully, for his sake, it stays that way for at least a little while longer.
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