The Differences between Girls and Boys

We have learned quite a bit about the differences between boys and girls in the Miller household this week. The first was an anatomy lesson which came from Elise. She apparently told her Grandpa that Steven has a big thing on his bum and she doesn't. He was worried that Steven might have a rash or something, so he asked me about it. I had to explain to my father in law that Elise was simply explaining the differences between boys and girls to him. Phew, glad she cleared that one up.

The second lesson came in the cupcakes I made for the Young Women yesterday, pictured above. I thought they were very cute, and Elise absolutely loved them. Chris asked me why I put yucky candy allover the top of delicious cupcakes. I told him to make flowers, thinking maybe he didn't "see" that they were flowers. He told me he totally got that they were supposed to be flowers, but food is supposed to be "tasty" and not "pretty", so why ruin good cupcakes with nasty candy. I have to say that I agree that conversation hearts are one of the grossest candies around, but the flowers were just so darn cute. Then my Father in Law commented later in the day, "If I were I teenage girl I think I would probably think those cupcakes were the best thing around, but I'm not a teenage girl so we'll just leave it at that." The young women, of course, loved them. So, the lesson learned is that women worry about the way things look more, while men mostly just want things to be functional. Oh well, what do you do?