Last night was parent night, when the kids display their last project for their families.  At one point, two of my favorite kids  (geekboy and gothboy) were talking to the new goth girl.  Goth girl was wearing chucks, fishnet stockings, a short skirt, and a tight shirt.  (She and one of the goth boy are hugely crushing on each other.  Which I totally called within the girl’s first 10 minutes at school; she arrived and had to go to Art, and the geek/goth boy was late for class, so i said "Hey, can you show her to the Art room?" and after they left I turned to an ed tech and said "and try not to fall in love on the way there.") 

ANYWAY.

One of my kids has a baby brother who turns one next month, and has recently started walking.  His mom set him down, and he saw those fishnet stockings, and bolted for them.  He reached out and touched goth girl’s leg before mom got to him, and all the adults chuckled.  Another parent said "Boy, he saw something that interested him!" and  geek boy looked goth girl up and down, shrugged, and said "I don’t see what’s so interesting about sneakers."

I love these kids.