Boy Play-Date

Over the weekend, Madeleine came upstairs from the play basement to ask me if she could ever have a play-date with a particular boy from her class.  Specifically, the reason why she wanted him to come over was: "because I think he would REALLY LIKE playing Sorry." 

That's right.  The board game "Sorry!", a Christmas gift from Nana and Gramps, has been such a hit that it has inspired Madeleine to initiate her first boy play-date. 

I made the arrangements, and the play-date is currently occurring this afternoon.  Madeleine was SO excited this morning, thinking of her impending get-together, that she could hardly focus on getting herself ready for school.  As I brushed and braided her hair, she pontificated upon the idea of having this boy come over.

MADELEINE: Mama?  Can you believe that if someone only has sisters or, like, ONE sister, BOYS would STILL want to play at their house?
ME: Well, of course.  Because there really are NO toys that are only for girls or only for boys.  Anyone can play with any kind of toys they'd like.  Plus, you and Julia have plenty of toys that most boys would like.  A lot of boys might not want to play Barbies, but you have marbles, and Hot Wheels, and blocks, and all sorts of fun toys. 
MADELEINE: Yeah.  Because...me and Julia aren't, like, always just wanting to be PRETTY.

I'm loving this feminist streak, Madeleine! 

But then things took a weird turn.

ME: Right, it's not like all you want to do is dress up in fancy dresses and wear make-up.  There are lots of activities that you do that a lot of boys would enjoy.
MADELEINE: Yeah.  And...sometimes I just, like, RANDOMLY feel like punching someone in the STOMACH.

Okay...um...

Either Madeleine is a secret masochist, or she has some really skewed ideas of what it is boys like to do for fun.