Beans+Ving=TLA

Gillian has been listening and follwing rules much better these days after swim class. She has been so good that I let her play an EXTRA 20 minutes last night in the pool. I should have known that would give her plenty of time to cause a ruckous!
There was this BIG black guy-I'm talking Ving Rhames huge-hangin out in the kiddie pool keepin an eye on his own youngun'. Before I knew what was happening Gilly was LITERALLY crawling allll over the guy! I was scanning the pool for her and didn't see her anywhere! I had noticed the black guy with the very white kid buggin him but didn't for one second think it was Gillian! Then I happened to notice that it TOTALLY WAS my kid! I yelled at her to get off of him! "You don't even KNOW that man!! GET OFF!!" Seriously, she was scaling the guy like she was King Kong and he was the Empire State Building. Melissa, the mom I have befriended during class said she had taken a few classes with him at the Y and that he was a great guy and he probably didn't mind. Eventually Gilly Beans left her new playmate alone to go play. But less than 10 minutes later I saw her splashing Ving Rhames again. She was stomping her feet and making HUGE waves. I yelled at her again, trying not to laugh. I was SO EMBARASSED! Ving said Gillian was okay, but I could tell he was trying to relax while his son played with friends elsewhere. Everyone in the pool area was pointing and laughing at the duo. They were quite a sight of contrasts. He was large, solid and dark. Beans is so tiny, wispy and stark white. But for once, Gillian was oblivious to stealing the show. She obviously just wanted to be this guy's new bff!!
I have no idea why she targeted the Ving Rhames doppleganger. There were plenty of other daddies in the water for her to play with. Other daddies who were playing and having fun. This guy was clearly hoping for a bit of alone time. Maybe that is what drew her to him. Gillian still doesn't really socialize with other kids all that well. She will play for a few minutes then go do her own thang. Perhaps she saw the loner in Ving and decided they were kindred spirits. She thot he would understand her. "Get"her.
More than likely, tho she just was being her weird, goofy Beanie self. And Lord knows I stopped trying to figure out exactly what that means a long, long time ago. She is whoever and whatever she is and I love her for it. I'm willing to bet, though that next time, Mr. Rhames will hang out in the deep end instead of the kiddie pool!