You Look Fabulous!

It was a crazy, busy weekend.  Sunday afternoon 7 year old Carter asked Mom if they could finally play.  Mom:  I'm SO SORRY I have to shave my legs.
Carter:  No Mom, you look FABULOUS!

Name That Tune

They give scholarships for this????

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I see a harmonica scholarship in her future!

Better Than HD TV...

 In an effort to help her students understand the abstract idea of time, one second grade teacher related time to television.  She explained to her boys and girls that 30 minutes is the amount of time their favorite TV shows last.  Jax quickly raised his hand and told the teacher his programs lasted 40 minutes because... he has a big screen TV.  Who knew?  The bigger the screen, the longer the show. 

Elmo is a Restauranteur?

Mom, Dad and their two youngest sons were headed to El Mezcal.
Chevi asked if they could have cake.   Dad said, "If you eat your food,
we'll have cake when we get home."  Chevi very excitedly turned to his
older brother and said, "Did you hear that Matthew?  We get cake if we
eat our food at Elmo's Cow!"

For me, knowing the owner of the cow
makes it harder to have a beef enchilada...but, that's just me!  

The Hunger Game

Today was movie day at school.  The kids got to wear their PJs and bring a snack
for the movie.  Being the good parent she is, Mom called her kids on the
way home last night, asked what they wanted to bring for a snack, stopped at the store, bought it and
packed it all up for Aiden and his sister this morning.  As Aiden was getting out of the van...

Mom: "Aiden, don't forgot your snack for the moive."

 Aiden:  "WHAT??!!!! That was for the movie??? I thought it was my snack
              for the way to school AND I ATE IT!!!! 

This was, of course, after he already had breakfast.  Mom may want to check into extreme couponing to be ready for the teenage years! 
 

It's a Riddle

Q:  How are a seashell and a drumstick the same?

  In music class this week one young student solved the riddle:

A:  "Wow! I can hear the ocean!"

Tiny Tornado Talk

Here in the Midwest tornado season seems to be in full effect.  Recently, a tornado wreaked havoc in Branson, Mo and surrounding areas.  Earlier this week a pre-k teacher was presenting a very timely science lesson on TORNADOES. She read CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS by Judi Barrett to introduce the lesson and followed up with a YOUTUBE video of an actual  tornado.  To reinforce the lesson children were invited to make swirly, twisty tornadoes using cooked spaghetti noodles.

I now invite you to be a "fly on the wall" and  listen to the comments made by the pre-schoolers during the TORNADO lesson.

"  LOOK AT THAT VOLCANO!!!!"  .

"Wow!  It gets busy inside a tornado!"

"Hey, if you are in front of a tomato you can get hurt!"

"I have one of those at my house."

"Are these Spaghetti-O's?"

"I can hear (the tornado) vibrating"

...and the ever popular pre-k comment no matter what the topic:  "My dog is in heaven."