Out of the Mouths of Babes

Hooray! My school picture isn't horrifying this year!!!

Another fun week has passed at work! The kiddos have been busy.  To me, one of the best parts of being a teacher is talking to the children.  You never know what they are going to say!  Here are a couple of quotes from the wonderful children in my class:

Conversation during lunch:

Child #1:  "Why is Vance pooping?"

Me: "Well, he couldn't wait until we were done eating, so I said he could go now."

Child #2: "Oh, he's just dropping a deuce.  Mommy always says that! Daddy's in the bathroom dropping a deuce!" **giggles**

A child with a speech impediment during observation by our behavior specialist:

**Child is refusing to sit in circle time**

Me: "You can sit on the rug with your friends or you can sit in a chair."

Child: "Fine! I'm going to shit in a chair!"

Behavior Specialist: "Oh my gosh! Does he curse often?"

Me: "What do you mean? He only said he was going to sit in a chair!"

Next week we're starting our unit on farms in preparation for our visit with Jason and the chickens!

It's a zoo--I mean, FARM--around here!

Ok, so I know it's been FOREVER since I last wrote! Things just got a little hectic between work and taking my master's classes, but since I'm not in school this semester, I have a little more free time at home...hence more time to write.

I'm sure you have probably heard about the special delivery that we had last week. Yes, it's true...there are currently five CHICKENS who have taken up residence on our dining room table.  There were  originally nine of them, but four have already perished. Of course, the cutest one of the bunch died on Saturday night (Furby). We currently have two Easter Eggers and three Barred Rocks left. All of them seem to be healthy and are eating and drinking, so we assume that they are out of the danger zone. 

This is an Easter Egger.  These chickens will lay colored eggs. 

The black colored chickens with the white tufts on their heads are the Barred Rocks. So far, they are very active and noisier than the Easter Eggers.  They run all over the place.

Jason says they should be ready to go outside into the chicken coop (which he hasn't built, of course) in four weeks.  I'm hoping that it will warm up so they can move to the garage before they get big enough to be very messy!

Of course, I am shocked that the cats and Edgar don't seem bothered by the chickens at all. (Nor do they bother the chickens!) I thought for sure Claiborne would be stalking up to the box every chance he got, but he doesn't even go near them.  Edgar is very attentive when the chicks cheep loudly, but other than that, he pretty much ignores them.

Speaking of Edgar, he got a new sweatshirt!

I couldn't resist!!!

So, that's what's going on here in the animal world!

Update on work coming soon!