Tony Stark?

So this post isn't about my classroom kids, but one of my nephews instead. Still so cute I had to share it!

My hubby & I were babysitting our two nephews, 6 & 7 years old, on Saturday night. It was lots of fun. Besides the epic Nerf battle that broke out between the three of them, one hilarious thing happened.

I literally just walked through the door when the 6 year old comes running towards me,

"Auntie Manda! Auntie Manda! I want you to name your baby Tony Stark! Will you? Will you really name your baby Tony Stark in real life, Auntie Manda?"

*I should explain here my husband & I are expecting our miracle baby in May*

This went on all night. And I mean ALL night.

Every five minutes.

"But will you for real name your baby Tony Stark? Wouldn't that be cool, Auntie Manda if your baby grew up to be Iron Man? Are you going to name your baby Tony Stark? If I had a boy I would name him Tony Stark. Your baby could be Iron Man, Auntie Manda."

After about an hour & a half of this I sought to get him on a different track with, what if it's a girl baby?

No problem, he had the solution for that too, Padme (from Star Wars).

Well I guess that's settled then! ;)

More Snippets...

I was in the bathroom with the girls washing my hands.

D looked over at me & gave me an unusual compliment,

"You're a good hand washer."

Walking down the hallway to the classroom with a few little ones when N excitedly started pointing at the classroom door,

"I found it! I found it! I found Missa Awr! Dere it is!"

This one's not about me, but D insists on calling my one EA, Kirsten, Mister Kirsten! Makes me giggle every time.

Every little girl in my afternoon class is in love with one little boy, M. I don't blame them, he's super cute & SOO sweet. We did a scooter board relay race in gym today & we encourage them to cheer for their friends. Well when it was M's turn they ALL cheered, "Go M! Go M!" over & over again, regardless of what team they were on.

The best part though, is even when M's turn was over & two completely different students were racing they all continued to cheer for M!

Last Post Addition

I attempted to post these pics on my last post but it didn't work. So here they are now!

We played a game where we measured ocean animals with Goldfish crackers, them counted them & ate them! Yum!

And yes, we had a pool in the classroom. With water. On the carpet.

Trust me, it's better on carpet than lino! Wet lino = broken limbs!

The kids had a blast!

Beach Day!

It was ironic that our Beach Day in my afternoon class fell on the day after our first big blizzard of the year. But that just meant we all needed it that much more!

Where do I live?

I was chatting with one little girl while waiting for her foster mom to pick her up this morning. We were talking about how we both were tired & I wanted a nap.
L: Where's your bed? (looking around the room like she's expecting it to be behind my desk)
Me: At my house.
*pause*
L: Then....why, why, why (she has a stutter) are you a teacher?
Me: Because I come to school in the daytime & go home to my house at nighttime.
*blank stare*

It always makes me giggle how shocked they are to find out I don't live at school. :)