Stella has a crush on an unruly 4-year-old boy that lives in the hotel. I'm hoping this is not going to be a pattern. He comes to the playroom after school in the afternoon. She met him once and he was just not that into her. There is something to be said about that book at all ages, apparently. The result is that his indifference makes her even more into him. So, the next time we went to the playroom she ran down the hall like a crazed loon screaming, "Little Boy!!!" which sounds like, "Lih-ul Boy-eeeee!!!" This is from someone who still grunts when she wants something instead of speaking. So, now every time she hears a kid in the hall she asks me if it's Little Boy. Today, she did not want to get out of her pajamas and was about to pitch a fit but then I told her we were going to get the mail and then go to the playroom. I said it's possible that Little Boy will be there. She got excited and let me put on her clothes. She looked down at them and said, "Mirror!" and ran over to the mirror to check herself out. She smiled at herself, puffed up her hair and I could tell she was thinking about Little Boy. I thought that was funny.
We got to the playroom and it was empty. She was disappointed, but then 20 minutes later Little Boy emerged with his sister and mom. Stella was beyond happy trying to copy everything he did and trying to get his attention. It makes his mom really nervous to have Stella around, I can tell. I would be nervous too since he is one of the worst behaved children I've ever seen.
