The Things They Say!!

It's late and past my bedtime, but I can't sleep and since I don't live with anyone to tell my stories to... you get to read them on my blog! Let me start off by saying that we are now into our 4th week of school and I'm loving it. Well, the kid part... all the other stuff is a little overwhelming at times (they should really teach you about all the behind the scenes stuff in college)!! But my favorite part of my job is the kids (duh!) and of course, the things they say. So here are a few cute stories to catch you up on my life as a kindergarten teacher so far...

1. I got presents on Monday. Brownies from one little girl and sunflowers from a little boy!! Man, do my kids know me well or what?! My favorite snack AND my favorite flowers AND ALL on a Monday. It was a great start to the week :) On Tuesday I got a cute little notepad from another little girl. And today (wednesday) I got a handful of flowers some little boy picked on his way in the front door of the school :)

2. If you know me at all, you know that I have a thing with feet... like keep them away from me and dont touch mine! Well, noone told my kiddos this. So, the other day as they were all sitting on the carpet and I was reading a story to them, a little boy started tracing the sandals I had on and then he started tracing my foot. It took everything in me to calmly ask him to stop and not freak out.

3. I have a little boy who pronounces his n's as m's. So my name (Ms. Lane) becomes, yes Ms. LAME! ahhh...

4. After finishing reading a rhyming story about ducks and trucks, I asked the students if they could tell me any other words that rhymed with duck and truck... (just use your imagination)!

5. A science lesson I taught recently involved making a chart of things you can do as a baby, as a kid, and then as an adult. When we got to the adult part they came up with things like being able to drive, having a job, staying up late... and drinking beer. I hope they didn't run home and tell their parents that one ;)