Funny Kid Stuff
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Um… I Don’t Think So
The other day one of Carolyn’s little kindergarten girls put her hand on Carolyn’s stomach and said, “I feel the baby’s head!” Right now the entire baby is about the size of a bean, so, um… I’m not so sure about that. Continue reading
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Janes Island Kindergarten Field Trip
On Friday I joined Carolyn’s kindergarten class for a field trip to Janes Island, a park in Crisfield, Maryland. It was the first time I met her class this year. These kids are so funny! On the field trip they went crabbing, played games, made some crafts, and went on a scavenger hunt. Some highlights: Continue reading
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“Garden of Memories”
Just recently Carolyn and I finished reading a 100-page memoir that my 85-year-old grandmother wrote several years ago. She titled it Garden of Memories, and it was one of the most interesting things I’ve ever read! Some of my favorite parts: My grandmother describing how she met my grandfather–and how she had the hots for Continue reading
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Defiantly Happy
Yesterday one of Carolyn’s kindergarten students was misbehaving and had to change his card. (Each student has a card, and if they misbehave during the day they have to move it from green to yellow to red, with each color change carrying certain consequences.) As this little guy was changing his card, he said very Continue reading
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Shorebirds & Zooperstars
Last weekend Carolyn and I went to a Shorebirds game. It was the first time I’ve seen them lose this year. It was a pitchers’ duel until the end of the game when the Shorebirds allowed runners to score from third on a passed ball–twice in a row. But it was still fun. Between innings Continue reading
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Good Thing They’re Not Graded On Forgery Skills
In Carolyn’s classroom, there are two kinds of kids at the end of the day: walkers and riders. In older grades the walkers actually walk home, but in kindergarten it just means that their parents pick them up. The riders ride the bus. Sometimes a walker will become a rider on a particular day, and Continue reading
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When I Grow Up…
This morning I watched part of the rehearsal for the Training Station’s preschool graduation on Thursday. In one part of the ceremony the kids’ teacher asks what they want to be when they grow up. One little girl said she wants to be “a space girl.” A little boy said when he grows up he Continue reading
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More Ways to Escape from Captivity in the Train Jail
Recently I wrote about ways to escape from little preschool children who try to catch you and lock you up in the train jail. Today I discovered two more techniques: When there are about 14 little hands grabbing onto you and leading you toward the train jail and escape seems impossible, yell: “Race to the Continue reading
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The Coolest Kid
Yesterday I tried to mess with my three-year-old nephew’s head by calling him to wish him a happy Mother’s Day. It didn’t even faze him. When I said, “Happy Mother’s Day!” he just said it back to me, as if I’d said, “Good morning.” The kid’s a trip. It was the first time we actually Continue reading
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The Amphibious Princess
Yesterday was Day 2 for Cinderella the Tadpole in Carolyn’s kindergarten classroom. The kids were watching it swim around, then they had to leave for about an hour for art or music or something like that. As soon as they returned, one of the kids asked Carolyn, “Is Cinderella a frog yet?” I tried to Continue reading
Surfing the Inner N8 