So, my five year old is learning the intricacies of playing with other girls... made all th more difficult by the fact that all three five year olds (including her) on our street are VERY strong-minded little girls... Alpha females, if you will... you can imagine...

The favorite game appears to be house... no surprise... and of course we all want to be Mommy...

So my daughter comes in the house crying because they won't let her be Mommy... to be fair, she did try to tell them they could ALL be Mommies, they could be Mommy friends with their babies as toys.  This apparently did not fly.  Feeling that she had been VERY magnanimous, and it had not worked out at ALL her way, she came in with tears in her eyes, saying... and I quote...

"Mommy, they won't let me be Mommy, and they don't WANT to all be Mommies, and I don't WANT to be the Stepmom."

Please don't misunderstand... I love my stepmom to pieces... and I'm really glad kids are aware that families come in many shapes...

But that was just plain funny!  C'mon... you know it was...