A change of heart

"Mommy, if you wanted to give a present to a girl who is your friend, what would you give her?"

"Umm, most girls like flowers.  Flowers are nice."

"How about PAPER FLOWERS?  Can we make some paper flowers?"

Who might these lovely paper flowers be for, you might ask?  Jamie, the long time pre-k girlfriend?  Nope.  For his NEW girlfriend.  The one with the long blonde hair who ran up and gave him a hug after VBS and then shyly ran away yesterday. 

As his mom I can't tell you how happy I am.  Not because I have the most handsome boy in the whole VBS; not because he is so sweet he wants to make gifts for little girls who like him;  BECAUSE he got himself a new girlfriend before the (sometimes fickle) old one "dumped" him.  Don't get me wrong.  I don't want her to get her feelings hurt either, and there was no "dumpage" either way.  He just has two girlfriends now.  Yup.  That's right!  M'boy has two ladies.  And they are the prettiest ones in their two classes.  Um, not that that matters.  Because, after all, it's what's on the inside that counts, right?  Riiiiigghht.  And the best part?  After this week he won't be seeing either one anymore, so there is no danger of getting dumped and hurting his little ego.  They can just quietly fade away into the past as he moves on with his life. 

For a little dose of cuteness on the side, when my dad asked Grayson if the new girlfriend was pretty, his reply was, "She's blonde, Dado, she has to be pretty!"