The Future CEO of What I Am Sure Will be Another Fradulant Company

Posted on July 31, 2008

Those of you who have read my post on Chloe’s ability to collect minions, will not be surprised by what I witnessed today at the park.

We were there with my mom’s club, and things were pretty quite for awhile.  That is, until the day camp let out, and all the kids in the “after care” showed up.  We were suddenly overcome by fifty  8-10 year old boys and girls.  Luckily, they were pretty good kids, and we didn’t have any trouble.

However, Chloe picked a random girl who was probably about 8 or so, and said, “Big girl, big girl, come with me!”  Well, most girls this age like to fancy themselves little mommies, and she went willingly.  She followed Chloe up the stairs, across the bridge, up the ladder and up on the slides.  That’s when Chloe spotted another girl.  She told that girl “Come with me,” and like all good followers, the girl said, “where are we going?”

Before we left the park, Chloe had gathered four older girls, all between the ages of 8-10.  They followed her everywhere she went.  They told me how cute she was, how well she talked, how much fun it was to play with “babies” (luckily, she didn’t hear that conversation.)  They blocked other children from cutting in front of her.  They yelled at the boys that threw sticks anywhere near her general vicinity.  And they checked in with me on a regular basis, “Does she like this?  Will she do this?  Does she want this?”

I honestly wonder sometimes if Chloe understands how powerful she is, or if she is one of those children who will take her power for granted.  Any way you look at it, this child has skills! I was joking with one of the mom’s that Chloe knows what she wants, and she’s not afraid to ask, charm or bully her way into getting it.

At one point, one of the girl’s told me, “You know, Chloe’s really bossy.”  I told her, “We prefer to call that ‘Leadership skills.’”