I think it is thoroughly documented that I exist in a world filled with glitter and sparkle, dresses and cute shoes, hair accessories and dolls, and OMG IT IS SO FREAKIN' GIRLIE AROUND HERE.
It's fine. Really. I just have no clue what it's like to walk through a room without getting attacked by glitter. That's all.
I think it's that total and complete immersion in Alexis' Land of Pink that made being surrounded by hundreds of little boys so ... jarring. It was Kids Day at the Penguins game that I went to this past weekend, which means there were dozens of little kid hockey teams in attendance.
Dozens of little boys.
So, I know what little girls do when they want attention. They bat their eyelashes or scream like crazy or just say MOM MOM MOM MOM MOM MOM. Not all methods work, but that seems to be the three things Alexis and her friends go to when they want to convey LOOK AT ME.
What they don't do is make themselves look dumb. I'm absolutely certain there are girls who do, but those girls are outside of my Land of Pink.
Guess what dozens of little boys do when they REALLY, REALLY, REALLY want to be on the jumbotron? THEY LOOK DUMB. It took one kid getting on the screen with a popcorn bucket on his head for dozens of kids to put popcorn buckets on their heads. It took one kid taking his shirt off and whirling it like a Terrible Towel for dozens of kids to take of their shirts and whip them like Terrible Towels. It took one kid dancing like a fool for dozens of kids to start dancing like fools.
But only the boys.
The girls who were in attendance seemed to be content with yelling really loud.
Just the boys went for goofy as a way to get attention.
Which left me wondering, is that what it's like parenting a boy? Do you end up constantly rolling your eyes at the goofy? Or do boys only try to out-dumb each other when they gather en masse? Or do girls do it as well and I have just managed to avoid seeing it so far?
Kids are weird.