Kindergartners Say the Darndest Things...

I absolutely love my job as an assistant kindergarten teacher. There are many reasons why I love it, but one of the best things is that there is never an afternoon when I come home without a funny story.

Last Week (on playground before our Thanksgiving feast):
Kid (pulling his ears up and down while wiggling shoulders and shaking hips): "Mrs. Edwards, my ears are itchin' to PAR-TAYY!"

This Morning:
*Kid: "Guess what Mrs. Edwards?"
Me: "What?"
Kid: "My mom drove into the hood this morning?"
Me: "What hood? Like the hood of a car?" (Not thinking that a child his age would know about the "hood")
Kid (giggling): "No, like the hood where the gangsters live."

*Note: This child decided to cut his cargo pants later on in the day during craft center. Perhaps his trip to the "hood" inspired him.

This Afternoon (making snakes in craft center):
Kid: "Snakes give my mother the willies. We have one under our house."
Other kid: "Is your mom a scaredy cat?"
Kid: "No. As a matter of fact, snakes are very frightening."

I then had to explain to the rest of the group what "the willies" were.