When I told her who would be joining us at Shrek the Musical, Alexis immediately replied, "You mean the boy who ate all of my Goldfish?"
Yes. Yes, that's the boy. She shared her bag of Goldfish crackers with him nearly two years ago during the March of Dimes Walk for Babies. Apparently, she thought he ate more than his fair share of those crackers and plans to never, ever forgive him. Please note: she remembered that moment despite not having seen him at all since that day. And here I thought I was good at holding grudges . . .
Fortunately, Alexis decided to stick her grudge in her pocket before we joined Firemom and her oldest son for dinner before the show. There was a reasonable amount of 5-year old drama all through the meal, but the overwhelming theme of the evening was two kids who would be the bestest of friends, if only 100+ miles didn't separate their homes.
There was giggling.
There was hand holding.
There was more giggling.
Did I mention the giggling?
Basically, the two of them had a great time hanging out together.
So it came as no surprise that when I asked Alexis to tell me her favorite parts of Shrek and our evening out, there were more than a few mentions of Big Brother. She mentioned that she had fun sitting with him. She mentioned that they both laughed at the same parts of the show. She mentioned that they both got Shrek ears.
And then she mentioned that he had said, "I love you, Alexis!"
I told her to never trust a man who steals your Goldfish crackers.
Sometimes grudges come in handy. For me.
