Venus and Mars

This afternoon we had Ava's friend Jackson over for a couple hours. He and Ava were friends all last year at preschool and have played several times this summer. They know each other well, get along wonderfully, and always have fun. However, I saw what I'm sure will be the first of many instances when the gender difference was blatantly clear. To start with, their playtime was a little strained for the first time I can ever remember. Ava was getting very frustrated when Jackson was not doing exactly what she was instructing him to do, mainly taking part in a dance party (go figure). Then, in the car on the way to take Ava to dance class, a Miley Cyrus song came on the radio. Seconds into the song Ava looks at Jackson and squeals, "It's Hannah Montana!!" Then she proceeded to sing the entire song (as best she could, anyway). I would KILL to have caught on camera the look Jackson gave her. Ava might as well have grown three extra heads and begun speaking in tongues. Ava was so in her dancing/girly element, and Jackson was really just not. It cracked me up to see these good friends discovering that while boys and girls can certainly be friends (as I'm sure these two will be for years to come), that does not mean they will always understand each other.