kids say the darndest things

wow. working with kindergarteners in a new adventure every day! several of the boys have crushes on me and one of them has started drawing hearts on everything and he gave me a few :) i love the artwork they give to me and how they think i'm funny. i'm so glad i can hug them and put a hand on their shoulder when i talk to them or rub their back a bit when their upset. i try so hard to show them how much i care about them. as they come to love me back, i'm hearing some of the greatest comments. first of all, leah thinks i came from italy! see, my teacher had been to italy the week before i came and i arrived the day she returned. leah told a sub one day mrs. lundeen brought me back from italy. i keep trying to tell her i live in minneapolis, but it's not sinking in her little brain :) she asked me if i was going back to my classroom soon, how did i have room for so many coats in my suitcase (i have become a true minnesotan with five coats!!), and did i miss my students. i've told her i'm a student learning to become a teacher, but she's convienced i came from far far away! enjolina (pronounced angelina) has topped all of the comments!! she had been over telling me what she did the night before - friendship group and eye doctor. later she comes back over with her fingers pulling her eyes wide open and says, "Mrs. Gray, my nipples are big!" thank goodness she had told me about the eye doctor or i would have been so confused - she meant pupils! she had drops put in to dialate them. oh how i loved it!! these kids are so precious - how on earth will i ever be able to leave them?