sure, they're cute and all......

i subbed in a kindergarten room today. sure, they're cute and all, but there's nineteen of them...and one of me. but let me tell you some of the things i love about kindergarteners:

• the more mom-ish you look, the prettier they think you are.
• they don't really care where you bought your clothes; its more important that you don't fuss at them when they put their grubby little hands on you.
• they don't realize that you're smart because you have the teacher's maual...they think it's all you.
• they've not been taught yet that its not okay for boys to hold boys' hands and girls to hold girls' hands....they're just friends, and that's what friends do, after all.
• you really never have to wonder what's on their minds; they're usually pretty willing to tell you. and usually at the top of their little lungs. :)
• give them an open space to run and play, and they're really very happy.

some of the things i don't love about kidnergarteners:

• not all of them have quite mastered the technique of blowing their noses. they prefer picking them. and wiping it somewhere. just before you put your hand there.
• many of their sentences, especially to a substitute teacher begin with, "you're sposed to.........."
• they can love you and hate you all within about two minutes, and sometimes forget to tell you which it is.
• no matter how often you suggest they should use the bathroom, the minute you get outside, or on a bus, or in line for the bus, they realize they "have to goooooo"

having said all that, it was a good day. i couldn't quite figure out the teacher's lesson plans at first. turns out, i'm an idiot. she had everything in a basket for me, and had i just gone through it a little more carefully, i would have had the "patterning our pets" worksheet. but i didn't, so we did the letter "Q" in the morning, and "patterning our pets" in the afternoon. i'm pretty sure it didn't scar any of them for life. :)

the downside to this assignment? there were several teachers out today with a nasty stomach virus. apparently, they were the last to succumb.....everyone else in the building had already had it last week. my chances of having caught the bug are pretty high. gee, and all that just so i can earn my piddly daily wage???? add that to the list of benes, really. lol.