Kids Say The Darndest Things..

Over the past few weeks I have been completely stressed out at school and at home. It is written all over my face, too. I have never broken out this much in my life. Thank goodness for mom and Jcrew for getting me through the past few weeks. Another thing that does help, is the large amount of ridiculous things my kids say. Here are a few.

1. This was is actually funny and heartbreaking once you think about it. Today, I was taking my kids to the bathroom before we went to the classroom (I pick them up in the cafeteria). My principal was standing in the hallway, where she is normally looming. I have a dear dear child, Bre'Niya, who is wild beyond belief. Over the past couple of weeks, she has spent a bit of time in the principal's office. Sister says to me as Bre'Niya runs up and down the hallway, "Miss Laskowski, you know that she told me she's changing her name." I laughed, only half paying attention, trying to figure out how to chill Bre'Niya out, "To what?" To this Sister responded, "To Bre'Niya Laskowski." I laughed it off, but no, I will not be adopting good old Bre'Niya.

2. Also from Bre'Niya.. "Miss Laskowski, I called my mom Brittany the other day. Oooo she got so mad. She said she won't be my mother anymore if I call her Brittany. I guess I better call her mom.

3. After taking about 10 minutes to get my kids to chill out, sit down, and eat lunch, I started to pass out their food (we eat in the classroom, yes, I hate it). I was probably at the point where I had passed all the food out and had moved on to ketchup. I was not smiling and probably breathing deep. Tyshawn whispers to the person next to him, "whoa, she must be mad. I wonder what they did?" Umm.. THEY?! They?! Really? Not you? Okay.

4. Another teacher at the school was in my room. She is black. One girl said "Hey! You guys are twins." Clearly, we both laughed and said "no." She responded, "YES! You both got your hair down." Well, if that makes us twins, I guess I am related to everyone in the world. This was followed up the next day with, "You and Miss Kisha aren't twins anymore because she has her hair up and yours is different." Whew, good. I can't handle another sibling.