Until Death Do Us Part

We were at our friend's birthday party on Saturday and had a great time. Lots of dress-up clothes and running around a large backyard. A kid's paradise. My 5 year old son spent most of the party dressed in a knight's outfit chasing his friend dressed as a dragon (actually, a teradactyl outfit - no problem for imaginative 5 and 6 year olds). The girls, of course, were dressed as princesses.

My son wanders over to me with a frozen smile on his face and informs me that he has to marry the 7 year old daughter of a good friend. I was a bit shocked and asked why he felt the need to do this. Unknown to him, when he slayed the dragon/teradactyl, he won the hand of the princess and needed to marry her. He looked extrememly stressed (as any 5 year old boy would) so I quickly reassured him that it was only pretend and that he really didn't need to do this. With the same frozen smile on his face, he said, I know, I know. At that moment the 7 year old girl heads into the pile of dress-up clothes and within a few seconds had put together a lovely outfit including a veil. Her sister found a "bridesmaid" dress and they headed up the hillside - frozen, stressed out, smile still in place.

After a moment or two, they come back hand in hand with the bridesmaid and dragon/teradactyl who now appears to be a groomsmen. They inform me, as they head up the driveway, that they are now going on their honeymoon. Since they returned 5 seconds later, I decided not to even ask what they think a honeymoon is all about.

When my husband got home from work that night, he asked my son about the "wedding." He smiled his frozen smile and had no comment.