Mary and superman
Jamie took the older two boys to swim practice and I stayed home and showered NIck and Mary. I laid out some batman pj,s for Nicholas after his shower and asked him to dress himself and come join us in Mary’s room. Mary and I began reading Beauty and the Beast on her bed . When Nick came into Mary’s room he was dressed in superman pj’s instead of Batman and asked me to help put on the cape. He sat down next to us and pointed at Gaston in the book and said that superman could beat him up by punching him the face. And then he yelled POW! and demonstrated his best air punch. Mary and I both looked at him and nodded approvingly. He then pointed to the beast informing us that superman could also punch him in the face. POW ! repeating the air punch, and plopping down next to us feeling pretty empowered.
Mary then turned to him and said as sweetly as possible: “Superman can you get my bunny?” Superman felt that he was immediately up to this task and asked “Where is it?”
“Downstairs” Mary replied
This would have been too far Nicholas to go, but it was not a problem for superman. He ran downstairs and returned with her treasured sleeping Bunny. Mary then tried her luck again.
“Superman, I need a tissue”
Superman immediately inspected her nose and concurred that she did need a tissue and he ran to get it and came back immediately. That was the totality of the exchange.
I thought it was interesting that at such a young age she recognized an opportunity to massage a young mans ego and then use it to her benefit. It is a gift she has. I think she may have gotten it from the only other female in our house.
Jamie told me earlier today “Ben you would not like anything I would not like”. To which I immediately agreed and assured her “Of course not, Honey ”