10 things i said or did this week in kindergarten.

1. rejoiced to the Lord Almighty when we woke up to a snow day on wednesday. hallelujah to the highest!

2. sent half a pigtail home in a lunch sack after its owner hacked it off with a pair of fiskars ' just to see if they were cutty.'

3. sat back and listened to my biggest struggler read an entire story. unassisted. and then we both literally danced a jig across the alphabet carpet. and i may or may not have promised him a skittle for every correct word. (i did send them home in a baggie though .... no WAY was he ingesting that much sugar and staying with me. ha!)

4. please stop eating the pencils. they're sharp! you know if you keep eating them, it's REALLY going to hurt when you have to go potty later!

5. two words: folder. buckets. got 'em wrong. uhhhh-gain. it was quite an unfortunate moment.

6. i'm sorry, dear. 'thug' isn't a very appropriate choice for what you want to be when you grow up. try again. ..... nope. 'homeboy' won't work either.

7. busted 3 of my most trustworthy (or so i thought) kids for stealing from me. for weeks. and it was the good stuff - reese's cups, mini snickers, skittles, blow pops, and lifesavers. we figured out they were hiding in the bathroom between the kindergarten rooms instead of going all the way through when i sent them over to wait for the bus. they waited until i left with the car riders and then went back in to load up on the goods before they went to the other class. THEN sometimes they would ask to go to the restroom before the bus arrived and go BACK in my room to steal some MORE. it broke my heart. and infuriated me. i pulled out the big guns - no field trips, no activity period until i say so, and no more treats from me. ever. i called each of their parents and made the kiddos confess on speaker phone. it was DEFINITELY not a bright shiny day for that little trio. ugh.

8. unless you're getting up to bring me a diet dr. pepper, do NOT get out of that chair. keep your MEAT in the SEAT.

9. showed my butt. literally. when i bent over to fish some valentine foam stickers out of the cabinet, my half-size-too-big jeans temporarily failed me. the children are most assuredly scarred for life.

10. lost my cheerios when i had to explain to the children who the jetsons are. SERIOUSLY?!?!? this generation really is headed down the tubes. we're in trouble, folks. serious trouble.

happy weekend, y'all!

xoxo,