So, now that i am a veteran of working all of my four days with the kids, i have so many anecdotes that i laugh about each night. I mean, 14 kids ranging in age from B (at 10 1/2 months) to the three 5 year olds, of course there are going to be some funny things to report.
But, my favorite came to me first thing this morning. I'll set the scene. Imagine me actually waking up to run this morning (had to get that in here somewhere!), coming home to shower, get dressed, and even put on make-up (a first this week.) I get to school and take my kids into the gym. Today I only had eight kids for the first hour, the other mom i'm working with was coming in an hour and a half later. I wasn't nervous, though, because for some reason, dropping down to eight kids seemed like a vacation compared to the 14 we'd had all week.
Back to our scene in the gym, I was smiling and waving good-bye to a mom, who dropped her kids off there. The little girl, who is almost 5, stared at me for a few seconds before running over to me.
I said, "Good Morning, L!"
She said, "You look really pretty today!"
I said, "Thank you!"
She said, "Yeah, when i just came in, i didn't even know that it was you!"
It took nearly everything inside of me to not fall over laughing! Kids truly crack me up! And they bring me joy.
A little boy (just about 2 1/2 years old) asked me a bunch of times if i would be his teacher next week when school started. My heart melted.
I may have to work in a preschool forever!!!
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