Valentines Day

We made cookies for Valentines Day this year with some friends. Her boy is also 4 years old and she shared how he has his first crush on a girl and made a special valentine for her and wants to make her cookies and give her flowers. I realized how glad I am that so far Miles has been very egalatarian in his affections and has not gotten overly attached to any girl. Glad because it gives me a bit more time before I have to console a broken heart or hurt feelings about rejection.
Last year in his 3 year old class Evergreen there was a little girl who was CRAZY about him. She would lick his feet and hold his hand and was generally obsessed with him. And then this year after we were late starting in Aspen class because we were in England, he gets to class and she had moved on to another boy. A bigger boy. And she walks around with him all year now holding flowers and pretending to be a bride and angling to sit next to him. And the teachers are always trying to break it up. Miles mentioned it to me. He said "Maia is still my friend but now she likes Ethan better". But he didn't seem too concerned and I didn't push it. He was more bothered by the challenge of breaking into the boys club that had formed while he was late getting to school by those 2 weeks. But he has overcome it and I see him playing with all the boys now and they all seem to get along fine.
I've started to realize how much the parents play a role in the kids making friends and I'm not sure how I feel about it. Having never been the popular one or comfortable in groups I haven't made the effort to have playdates or things like that. I used to try but I realized they left me feeling drained. Miles is very sociable and if a kid wants to hang out with him I'm happy to take him or invite them over. But truly I think it's one of those things that you have to allow your kid to do.
What else is new? Oh, Miles had his first ski lesson last week and he did very well. He can ski! And he was into it. Currently he is taking Tae Kwon Do and every week I have noticed him becoming more focused and less playful or distracted in class. He is so naturally good at so many things and we have the finances to give him access to so many things that it's really a wonderful thing to see him learn and grow with all his opportunities. I know it sounds braggy but he is just so good at athletics.
He has become more responsible lately, doing things that need to be done around the house. Like dusting the woodwork on the stairs, picking up his room, tidying his bathroom. He does it without being asked and I just wonder how long that will last. Will it go away? My guess is it will once the novelty wears off but I don't know.
That's all for now. I've made the blog private so it's more of a journal now as I just want to use it to be more of a baby book for Miles to know all the little goings on in his life.