Friends

From a third grade girl:

"There are some things I LIKE about D (a third grade boy) and some things I DON'T."

Me - "What don't you like?"

"He bothers me. He follows me. He calls me names. He won't stop when I ask him to"

Me- "What do you like about him?"

"He's my friend!"

FRIEND - such a powerful word!

BFFs?

A tearful kindergartner came up to me, sad that her best friend wouldn't play with her. In an attempt to help, I asked who her best friend was.  Her answer made it a little difficult to help - "I don't remember her name"....

Made me think perhaps sometimes adults put too much emphasis on getting to know all the pesky little details about our friends.

Too good not to share

The first graders were all busy working at their desks this morning. One little guy is pretty chatty and was doing his thing, when the girl next to him, without even looking up, said "please stop talking. I stopped paying attention to you."

Oh how many people have thought this but been too polite to say it!

Yeah, it sort of sucks being outside on the playground when it rains. Or it's cold. Or it's rainy and cold. But then there's days like today when the sky is gorgeous and a group of kids and I just stop to watch an eagle soar and all of a sudden those days don't matter. Until next time it rains.or it's cold.

A wrinkle in time

If I don't blow dry my hair in the morning, it tends to be pretty wavy - which I like to think he meant when the first grader asked me why my hair was wrinkly.

#gettinold?

If 8 year olds were in charge

 Wisdom of an 8 year old:

"I think Thanksgiving should come after Christmas.  Then people would remember to be thankful for their Christmas gifts".

Not sure what that would do to Black Friday though....

Thief!

A 2nd grade soccer player came to me at recess complaining that another boy was stealing the ball from him. A little frustrated by a high level of complaints today, I simply said "isn't taking the ball just part of the game?"  To which he simply said "Yes. If the person taking the ball isn't on your own team".

Noted: legitimate complaint.

I like you

I learned something today - it feels really good when someone unashamedly, with absolutely no agenda looks right at you and says "I like you". And then runs off to play on the swings, expecting nothing in return.

#tobe5
May need to try that. Maybe not the swing part. Or maybe :)