February 2012

On Valentine's Day a student greeted me on the playground with a box of See's candy, saying, "Happy Valentine's Day Miss Cunningham!" while handing me the box. I thanked him and took the box. Then he took it back, turned it over to the nutrition facts and said, "Okay, now let me tell you how much fat there is...."

As we were lining up to head home for the day, one student shyly came up to me and said, "Miss Cunningham, I wanted to tell you that you have a good voice."

"I have to warn you; I might fall asleep in class today."

While Pastor Paul was burning a palm branch for our Ash Wednesday chapel, one student said, "Mmm! It smells like BBQ!"

Student: (working on a math page) "Do you know what 6+7 is?"
Me: "Yes."
Student: "What is it?" (as if to trick me into telling him the answer)
Me: "I'm not gonna tell you!"
Student: (with a mischievous laugh) "Tee hee hee."

While the kids were playing soccer at recess today, one student was sitting by me eating his lunch. The ball came flying toward him (but didn't hit him) and the students who were playing retrieved the ball and carried on with the game. After the ball had been retrieved, he said to me, "I thought the ball was going to hit me, so I closed my eyes and snorted!"

When the ball went over the fence at recess today, I told the kids to watch for a nice person who might cross the parking lot and be able to get it for them. When no one came, the kids were beginning to get restless, so I suggested asking the birds to get the ball for them. They disagreed with the idea, saying that a bird couldn't get the ball. I said, "Well, maybe if you ask it nicely it will!" So, they started saying, "Tweet, tweet? Tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet." HILARIOUS!

Student 1 was sharing her Child of the Week poster and talking about the pictures on it. She said, "Oh (Student 2's name), do you remember this dress that I wore at my birthday party?" and Student 2 said, "Yes, that was a beautiful sight!"