Six-Year-Old Cyrano

So, I heard a story today about a little six (nearly seven) year old boy who told his parents about a crush he has on a girl in school.  Well, his exact words were, "I sort of kiiiind of have a crush on her." Now, the mother of said child asked her son, "Is she funny? Is she smart? Is she kind? Does he have fun when he's around her? Does she treat him nice? Is she pretty?" and got all affirmatives.  So, there was no room for argument.  This mother just had to say, "well okay then."  Then this child told his mother about four other girls he "sort of kind of" had crushes on as well.  This was met with marked silence on her part... and wondering if she needed to have a discussion with a six year old about fidelity, not being a "player," or respecting the feelings of the other girls.  Then reason took over, and she was left with offering a kind smile that was richly received... and the conversation was dropped.

A little while later, this six year old Cyrano de Bergerac asked his parents, who are still processing their feelings of the fact that the once "icky" are now "pretty," if they could help him write the girls a note expressing his feelings towards them.  This was met with nervous nods, and the beginnings of acceptance of their growing child, with the underlying comfort that it was bedtime and said notes would have to wait until the light of day to be composed.  At least one of these parents was kind of hoping the "icky" would return by the next day, and the subject would be closed.

The next morning, the mother of this child was making breakfast for him.  He went to his room, grabbed a piece of paper, and then asked her how to spell "dear, as in 'Dear Lindy,' not the Bambi kind of deer."  After the shock of his knowledge of homonyms wore off, she realized he was writing THE letter.  She took a deep breath and bittersweetly assisted him.

"Dear Lindy I kind of hafe a crush on you and when I say this I am serious :)"  
I removed his signature to protect his innocence.  ha! (It's all about plausible deniability. )

Now, here's the kicker, this mother then wrote a BLOG about all of this.... and POSTED a PICTURE of the Love Letter!  How embarrassing for that child, huh?  Wouldn't you have just KILLED your mother if she would have done something like that??  I mean, come on.  Some things ARE sacred, right?  Right??

On a COMPLETELY unrelated note: I cannot wait to pick up Larger Child from school today, and ask him how his day went.