Oh the thing's that will make me laugh/cry.

Day 2: Piece of cake. I prefer chocolate.

The student's were so excited to be back. They all wanted to share what they got for Christmas and Ms. A let them do so. One little boy, Bob, raised his hand to share. Ms. A says, "Was Santa good to you?" He said, "Nah, we wasn't good enough for Santa to come, but I got 2 presents." Tears welped up in my eyes. Now, this child hasn't said 2 words in the 3 times I have been in the classroom, but I don't know what goes on at home. And to know that someone told him he "wasn't good enough for Santa to come" broke my heart. All of the kids turned around and looked at him as if he was telling a white lie. He looked confused; kinda like "Oh, it's not common for Santa NOT to come to kids houses that are bad?" But, he did get a football and a nerf gun. Still, sad.

One little girl lost both of her front teeth over the break and she was so proud. After about 30 minutes of being in the classroom, Joe raised his hand. I asked him what he needed. He replied, "Can I go splash my face with some cold water? I haven't gotten accustomed to waking up early yet." Astonished by the word accustomed coming out of the boys mouth, I kind of just stared. He said, "I'll do better tomorrow I hope." I smiled and nodded my head.

Since this week is a short week, we aren't starting anything new. We reviewed what an adjetive was today and what adjetives describe. So Ms. A listed some common nouns on the board and let the children choose adjetives to describe the nouns. The first word was girl. Each noun got 5 adjetives. The first was pretty. Next was sweet. Third was nice. Fourth was kind. Ms. A calls on Tim to give an adjetive to describe girl. He says, "disgusting". Ms. A put her hand on her hip and gave Tim a stern look. He says, "Whaaatt?! That's what my dad told me." Jan screams out, "Well, I got a adjetive for your dad, Tim. RUDE!" I lost it!

All in all, today was a good day. It's very hard for me to sit at a desk in the back of the room and watch. I am the type that wants to be doing something. Teaching, running copies, cleaning, organizing, etc. and I have done none of that. In a few weeks, I am sure that I will be begging to sit and do nothing.

Anxious (adjective) girl (noun),