The Cake!

The kids (especially the girls) like making "cakes" out of the woodchips on the playground. I love how when I play along, they smile knowingly and continue playing their cake-making roles. For example, when I point to the ground and say something like, "Wow! This cake is HUGE!" instead of saying, "What cake? We're just pretending!" (like they actually do say about some things) they smile and say, "I know!" or something.

Anyway, today I overheard J. saying, "Hurry! We have to decoration the cake!"

Cute.

Kids and Body Parts

Today I played a game with the preschoolers that involved putting colored Goldfish (those little cheesy crackers I don't like) on circles on a monster's body. When Alex received two Goldfish on the chest circles, he exclaimed, "Look! Boobies!"

::sigh:: Already such a guy. :P

That's Nice, D.

Today I read a book to the whole class (minus the three that were absent, leaving me with only 11) for the first time.

I started reading The Little Green Witch, which is pretty much a Halloween version of The Little Red Hen (you know...the one in which the animals don't want to help the hen do chores and bake the bread...but then when the pie is done, they all want to eat it?), and then D. interrupted and said the following (or something like this):

"Mrs. ____, my socks are shiny."

Umm... That's nice. haha!


*Note: I'm not married; they just find it easier to call me "Mrs."

I Heart Eduardo

Listening to Eduardo Verastegui's "Viva La Locura" at the moment. I like "Tequila" too.

He sings (songs here), acts (he's in Chasing Papi, Bella, etc.), produces movies, etc. He was in one of JLo's music videos ("Ain't it Funny") too.

Too bad he can't be my Spanish tutor. :P

KEVIN!!!

:Last week ... Monday or Tuesday:

*Note: Kevin's a little Asian-American four-year-old

Kevin: "What's my baby's name?"
Me: "Kevin ... or Jack." **He always says that he has a baby named Kevin or Jack**
Kevin: "No. My baby's name is Chinaman!"

Then he kept saying, "Chinaman Chinaman. My baby's name is Chinaman!" Michael, sitting next to him, misunderstood and laughed, saying, "His baby's name is Spiderman."

ROFL ... How did he learn that word? The first time he said that word, I laughed really hard and had to walk away to keep myself from laughing more. Then, I pulled myself together and told him that he shouldn't say that word...or at least I think I did. I hope I did!!

They Call Me "Mommy": Part II

The other day, little Luke ALMOST called me "Mom." He was working on some kind of project at my table, and he said, "Look, Mo--" and then looked REALLY embarrassed. I had never seen him get embarrassed before, so that was pretty cute. I wasn't sure if he actually was about to call me "Mom," but the kid next to him said something like, "Haha! He was gonna call you 'Mom.'" and then Luke didn't deny it. I think part of the reason he almost called me that was because his real mom comes in to help the class every week, and so he probably does tell his mom to look at what he does while they're both in class.

Copycats

I think it's funny how MANY little tricks, behaviors, sayings, beliefs, and attitudes kids these days have are the same ones my friends and I had when we were kids. For example, kids still say in that same mocking tone, "You can't catch me!"

They also like to copy their friends, siblings, classmates, etc. One day, I was doing something with little Samantha at the preschool last week, and I started humming. A few seconds later, she was doing something nearby and started humming too. I had never heard her hum before. lol Chameleon effect, anyone? Learned about that in my Social Psychology textbook. Cute.

Another time, I wiped my mouth with my napkin during luch time, and one of the girls said, "Look, Miss -----. I'm copying you!" and she wiped her mouth with her napkin. Or maybe she said, "I copy you!" I can't remember.

I think I've said this before, but I'd better be careful about what I do in front of the kids.