The ladies man

So the mall walking worked out great today.  We got there just as the stores were opening up and it was just starting to snow outside.  We walked laps for a half hour and then I took Alex down to the play area which happened to be full of kids about 1-3 years of age.  Usually there's mostly older kids at the play area, but it looked to me, judging by the women in sweats and all the jogging strollers parked outside the play area, that mall walking is all the rage for mothers of toddlers during winter.

At the play area, Alex immediately allied himself with a pack of wild 2-3 year old boys.  There were at least six of them, they ran around the play area chasing each other and climbing on everything.  It was a joy to watch.  Then she came in.  She was dressed all in pink.  Pink coat, pink pants, pink shirt, pink shoes, pink ribbons in her hair.  She was a cute chubby little girl with a fluff of light brown hair pulled up in two tiny little pony tails at the top of her head.  She had to be about Alex's age, but she had at least a good several pounds on him.  She was all rolly polly with cheeks I had to restrain myself from pinching.  Apparently Alex likes his women with curves, just like his daddy does. 

For the next five minutes or so Alex continued to play with his new buddies, occasionally turning around to look at her.  Then suddenly, he broke from the pack and made a bee-line to her while she was sitting on a plastic dinosaur.  He went right up to her and started "talking" babbling what may have been toddler-ese for "Hey baby, what's your sign?".  She immediately pushed him and he fell flat on his butt (as you would expect a lovely woman to do when approached so boldly with such a lame line).  He was undaunted.  Got right back up and decided he needed to declare his love to her then and there.  He lunged at her, and grabbed her in a tight bear hug, they both went sliding off the other side of the dinosaur.  Of course she immediately began crying, but Alex looked triumphant.  Beaming proudly at me when I went to pick him up after their tumble.  We stayed at the play area another 15 minutes or so and he followed her around like a lovesick puppy the entire time.  Whether he was attracted to her stunning beauty or just her fancy pink attire, I may never know.