My boys

In the afternoon I am the zoo keeper, oh I mean teacher of an after school program for a local church preschool.  I meet 5 little boys (ages 5 to 7) at the bus stop and try to keep them alive until their folks pick them up sometime before 6 pm.  Four of them are kindergartners and one is a first grader. They have spent the day saving up all their energy to unleash when they see me.  Needless to say, our afternoons can be quite an adventure. They often make me want to pull my hair out, oh maybe that is why it is turning gray!!! But I love them and oh they can make me laugh.  Following are a couple of humorous stories.

It wont Last
One of our weekly activities is to pull out the bucket of Legos.  Most of the boys have seen the new Lego Movie so it has been a recent topic of discussion.  There is evidently a girl character named Wild Side in the movie. This is the conversation I overheard the other day.

W- I am in love with Wild Side!  I am in love with Wild Side!
J - She isn't real.
W - So, I am in love with Wild Side!
J- It wont last.
W- It will too!
S - Yeah, it's going to be on DVD!

Act your age
When correcting J of inappropriate behavior I told him, "That is not how 6 year olds act."  J looked at me and said, "I'm 5."  And I started scrambling words to tell him it was also not how a 5 year old should act either.