Brotherly Love

We had a lovely pre-Christmas dinner at Auntie Melody's last night and my sister snapped this photo of Leo and Henry.

Leo's girlfriend

I remember my first crushes. Crushes of varying degrees, obviously depending on my age. I don't remember any of them really predating grade 4. So I'm having a little bit of trouble relating to Leo's current crush at the age of 2. It's been going on long enough now that it's pretty serious. Leo's starting to bring her to dinner, take her with him on the way to daycare and even wanted to bring her to Nana's this past week. Admittedly, she is a bit of a looker; however, I find her a bit hollow.

May I present to you, "Mermaid":

Mermaid came into our lives many months ago, when Holly met her in a bin of Mega Bloks at a garage sale. At the time, Mermaid was pretty cliquey with her buds Flounder and Sebastian. But when they were introduced to the boys, Leo only had eyes for Mermaid. Flounder has been invited along for a couple of things this past week, but Sebastian has been left at the bottom of the bin more often than not.

It turns out that Mermaid is actually quite popular and has been featured in a couple of films. Recently, there has been a pile of merchandise available with Mermaid's face all over it. Needles to say, Leo is pretty fond of these things. The other day at the bookstore, Leo squealed three times: when he saw a toy helicopter, when he saw the Thomas train table and when he saw a Disney Princesses compendium. He's going to grow up so metro.

Anyway, I just thought I would make some introductions. No need to buy her any gifts this year for Christmas, but maybe next year...