You remember, that's Errol Flynn's OTHER iconic role, as the swashbuckling, romantic hero who made women swoon. So while there are better pictures of Collin on our Flickr pages, this one is perfect for the story I am about to tell. As some readers may know, Collin is romantically inclined towards the daughter of one of my closest friends, a 5-year-old charmer with big brown eyes and curls. He has been calling her his girlfriend for over a year now and keeps asking when he can go visit her (sadly, she lives on the West Coast).
So when I swept up the Christmas cards we received this year to discard/store them, I offered Collin this family's card to put in his room along with a picture he keeps of his best friend. He was thrilled and immediately began to examine it closely. A moment of silence followed. Then:
Collin: Mommy, is that C----? (younger sister of the girlfriend)
Me: Yes, buddy. She's four now.
Collin: Wow. She looks like she's growing up.
Me: !!!!!!!!
Later, I found the picture under his pillow. Who was he dreaming of? We'll never know (because frankly, I don't want to!)
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