Frog, Fish...Mouse?

We are back in action after a few days off last week.  I went home to Iowa and was spoiled with all my favorite fall foods and pumpkin sugar cookies by my sweet mama.  Yesterday was full of fun with F is for Fish, Fire Safety, and a dead mouse.  Wait, back up, yes I DID say it—DEAD MOUSE.  Which does NOT start with F, and it is definitely NOT welcome in my classroom!  Thankfully it was taken care of quickly, but it has made me a bit paranoid to move anything in my classroom—I’m fearful it brought Friends…yikes!  I’m hopeful it was a once upon a time story and it is completely over!  Also, please don’t think my school is unclean—it is well-kept and my classroom is clean, I promise! 

Here’s a morning quote I’ll never forget:

If you have read up on my characters, you know that a few weeks ago I had a little one who wet his pants.  So of course I was concerned when he was “holding himself”—the classic, “I need to go potty” look.  So I said, “_____, do you have to go potty?”  To which he replied, “No, I just like to touch my pee-pee.”  Oooooooooh goodness, recovering from that one was tough!

On our way to library, a little girl said hi to her dad in the hallway.  After watching her greet her dad, a little boy said, “Hi brother!”  I said, “You don’t have any brothers, goofy!”  And he said, “Yes I do!  In my mommy’s tummy!”  “Well, you can’t say hi to him yet!” He said, “I was saying hi to my imaginary brother.  I always say hi to them.  And my imaginary sisters, Susan and Lucy.”  A creative kid, to say the least!