Heartbreaker!

Ahhh, how young little crushes start these days!!  There's this absolutely adorable little boy named Jackson who is just smitten with Madelyn.  And she could care less.  In fact, she can be down right rude to him because she doesn't like boys, no matter what!  Everyday I hear a story about Jackson trying to play with her, help her, etc. and it always ends with how she doesn't want to have anything to do with him, even at recess.  We've had several discussions about being polite and nice to him.  So here is the perfect example of how my daughter feels about boys:

Matt volunteered to go on the field trip to the pumpkin patch with Madelyn and her class so he recounted this story to me.  (Kuddos for my honey for wanting to enjoy this chaotic day with his daughter!!)

Madelyn and her bff Alexis were looking for the perfect pumpkin.  Alexis said she wanted one of the tiny little green ones so of course Madelyn wanted a tiny green one too!  And who overheard Princess Madelyn's request --  Mr. Jackson.  So the Prince, wanting to please the Princess searched the area high and low for the perfect little green pumpkin.  Upon finding it, he proudly ran over to the Princess and presented her with the her greatest desire.  And what did she do?  Princess Madelyn took one look at it, noticed it in no way met her alarmingly high expectations so she raised a disapproving eyebrow, and chucked it back into the field!!  The Prince was heartbroken.  In a single moment his expression went from triumph to defeat! 

Matt, seeing this all go down, recognized the heartbreak so he quickly told Jackson how thoughtful his gesture had been and encouraged Madelyn to do this same.  We are feeling good that Madelyn doesn't like boys yet, there will be time for that in the future, but we also want to make sure that she is polite and kind to everyone, including adorable little boys!  For now we are just calling her "the heartbreaker"  behind her back of course!