At the dinner table this evening Jackson was telling Casey about a girl he thought Casey would think was "really pretty" and that he should "check her out". Casey wanted to know why Jack wanted him to check out another girl "Don't you think your mommy is pretty?" Jackson didn't really answer that question but responded with:
"But Casey, you just gotta see Marisa. When you look at her you will have hearts in your eyes." (he said this is a semi-dreamy tone which was absolutely ADORABLE)
We both bit our tongues to try and keep from laughing because it was soooo darned cute. After dinner Casey probed a little further and it turns out jackson really likes marisa. he thinks she's pretty and nice. I'm absolutely amazed because jack is pretty anti-social. It's part and parcel of his ADHD but this is a new development and i have to say i'm pretty relieved. I've seen my son soooo many times all alone at the playground because no one wants to play with him. He's bossy and controlling and sometimes just plain loses it because things don't go his way. My heart breaks everytime i see it. You don't WANT for your child to not have any playmates but with jack i'd just kinda figured that's the way it was probably gonna be.
anyway....onto miss marisa. *this* is a blessing. I've seen him playing tag or chatting with this little girl quite a few times when i pick him up from school and i was happy to see him finally opening up a little and letting someone try to be his friend. she's a little cutie too, big brown eyes and long dark hair. she's chatted with me a couple of times and she's very sweet and has good manners. i have to say i'm a proud momma. not just because my son apparently has an innocent little crush going on but that he's finally, maybe even just a little, gaining some life skills and learning how to relate to other people and isn't afraid. He's not acting shy or stand-offish. He genuinely likes spending time with someone else and to my recollection he's never been like that with his peers. Poor sweetie...i thought he'd be a loner forever. thank goodness for sweet little brown-eyed girls named marisa. :)
~h
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