Ice Cream and Hopscotch

My sweet lovestruck son! He has been in love with this little girl ever since he laid eyes on her the first day of kindergarten. He came home that first day with love  in his eyes as he asked me if I knew Reece… “You know the girl with the pink shirt and big pink bow”.  At one point there was concern that Reece might of had a mini- stalker on her hands . On the playgrounds he would chase her… at lunch time he would grab her lunch box to give to her  – which she wasn’t too fond of – at which point she would grab it and exclaim with a huff ” I can do it myself” . Poor Hayden didn’t understand why she didn’t like him. I hurriedly made play-dates with other boys in the class so that I could protect his sweet heart from pain.And in true mom form, I  began  mentally fast forwarding through scenes of a teenage boy being devastated by heartbreak. How do I teach him not to take this heartbreak personally…  It was time to have our first heart to heart about the ways of the world. ” Here’s the deal, Hayden.. I am going to fill you in on a little secret”…as his face got serious,  I got down on his level and quietly started explaing how girls are roller coasters. Some days we are up… and some days we are down… AND some days we throw a quick curve in the ride and like you for a long time . He was listening intently , so  I continued with my analogy ..  “And boys ..well you guys are kinda like Merry- Go- Rounds…you guys just go round and round”. He nodded his head as if he sadly was starting to understand that sometimes girls and boys don’t play together.  Eventually, he started to move on and made friends with everyone in the class but still had a special place in his heart for this little girl. Now that we are 6 months into the year and Hayden has long since given up his stalkerish ways – they have become friends. So when her birthday rolled around and we couldn’t make it to the party – I told him I would ask Reeces mommy if she could go and get ice cream the day before her birthday. His eyes lit up like christmas morning and he quickly hid his head under the pillow in excitement. So yesterday after school we had our first play date with this cute little girl. Hand in hand they hopped in my mini-van and off we went to Double Dip! I dare say.. even I was a little nervous. I had bought her a gift.. would she like it?…My newly cleaned car had goldfish spilled all over it ( Thanks Emerson)…Would she think I was “the mom with the dirty car”?.  …ahhhh the pressure!!! Well, needless to say the kids had an amazing time and I am so happy that I remembered to bring my camera with me. These are those moments ….PINTHISPINTHISPINTHISPINTHISPINTHISPINTHIS