Already???

SETTING: In the car yesterday (Thursday)

Mommy: Alex, what do you want for dinner?
No response. Mommy is driving on Bell Rd. and there is traffic, but she glances in rear-view mirror to make sure Alex is still alive. He usually only remains silent when he's sleeping or angry with Mommy, neither of which applies in this case.
Mommy: Alexander (said exasperatedly), what do you want to eat?

Alex: I'm going to marry Elizabeth (said matter-of-factly).

Mommy isn't quite sure she's heard right.
Mommy: Huh?

Alex: I don't know why, but her says she loves me. I love her. I want her to come to my house.

Mommy is still confused. He's five and he has spoken before of girls wanting to marry him on the playground, but he has never declared love for any of them before.
Mommy: I'll have to talk to Elizabeth's mommy and daddy to see if that can happen.

Alex: Yeah, her said she loves me. I'm going to marry her.

Mommy doesn't say anything more and wonders if maybe Alex was playing pretend (or something) at school today. She feels oddly sad that her baby (who is now definitely NOT a baby) thinks about things like loving girls and getting married, especially because he's only five and she thought she had more time to be his number one gal. She remembers one of her 3rd graders from last year who was infatuated with girls and quite a lover-boy. She worries that Alex will be like that kid. She soothes herself by thinking that Alex is only five, has no idea what he's saying, and will forget about it tomorrow.

Mommy pulls into driveway and takes Alex out of car.

Alex: You and my daddy are married.

Mommy: Yes.

Alex: Elizabeth and me will get married too.

Mommy: Okay.

NEXT DAY, during dinner

Alex: Raise your hand if you have a baby. (Grinning) Not you, Mommy. I'm a kid.

Mommy lowers her hand. Alex asks why she isn't raising her hand.

Mommy: Because I have a big kid named Alex.

Alex: And you need a baby in your tummy, and when it grows big like me it will be my brother. Tell Daddy.

Mommy: Well....

Alex: And Elizabeth will be in this family because her and me is going to get married. And you're in this family too, Mommy!

Mommy goes to tell Daddy about what Alex has said (he has asked for a little brother before) and she and Daddy share a chuckle. Alex decides he wants to watch a Thomas the Tank Engine video. Mommy goes to type this blog entry.