Kids say the darn'est things...

So tonight I was caught thinking about my preschool teaching days and some of the things I miss (and don't miss about it), and I realized I miss all the funny things kids say, so here are just a few things I've had kids tell me.

1. After lunch we always had naptime. Some days when the kids were being grouchy I would tell them, "You really need a nap today to get rid of that attitude." And one day that came to haunt me. It was a day the kids were being particularly difficult, I was cleaning up lunch and getting the nap time stuff out; when cute, witty and smartalic Joshua said to me, "Miss Julie you need a nap today to get rid of that attitude!". I told him, "You have no idea." He said, "You can have my bed!"

2. Cute little Rachel who pronounces her "r" as a "w", and for the most part had a pretty funny way of saying things told me, "Miss Julie you have a mustache! And not a milk mustache but a weal mustache." Needless to say I waxed that night.

3. I had cut my hair, a real cut from long to above the shoulder. When I walked into work my class was playing outside, David asked, "Who are you?" I said, "David it's me Miss Julie" he replied, "But Miss Julie that's not your hair."

4. We were using brown paper bags for an activity. I had told the kids (who decided to wear them) not to do that because it could be dangerous. Zachery came running over to me with a paper bag over his head and said, "See Miss Julie I'm not dead yet."

5. I was training a teacher who carried most of her weight in her stomach area. When Rachel (yes, the same one) asked her if she had a baby in there.

6. Rachel (yes, the same one, are you seeing a pattern) was telling me about her dad (which I might say is always a bazaar story) that she had a sleep over at his house (previously she told me he was in jail) so I asked, "Was your dad there?" She said "No, Michelle watched us." I asked, "Who is Michelle?" Rachel: "His sugar hunny". (I had to ask her to repeat three times, because I couldn't believe she said that)

7. We had a male teacher by the name of Harry so the kids called him "Mr. Harry". One day we were getting the kids to sit in a circle but they were not listening, so he began to speak in third person, he said "Mr. Harry is not happy with your listening skills" Connor very confused replied, "D'ere two Mista Har-wees?"

8. As I had the class lined up to go outside I noticed Adam started flipping up his middle finger at everyone. As he was doing this, of course, all the other children try to do the same, by using their one hand to pry up their middle finger on the other. I said, "Adam, that is not a nice thing to do, you do not do that here." I knew his parents very well, so I asked, '"Where did you learn that from?" He said, "Oh my Mom and Dad do it in the car all the time."

WARNING: THIS NEXT QUOTE MAYBE A BIT TOO MUCH FOR SOME, SO BEWARE

9. Some of the kids were talking about mustaches and why people have them, one little girl felt it very important to tell me and the class that... "My mom has a mustache down there!" (I don't think I need to mention where she pointed to).

TO ALL YOU PARENTS - YOU WOULD BE SURPRISED AT WHAT YOUR KIDS REPEAT!!!

Here is a list of some of things I learned:

1. I know where tattoos are on most of the parents (if they have them)

2. I know when one of the parents slept on the couch

3. I know when Daddy bought flowers for Mommy (see good things too)

4. I know that Daddy likes to yell at the TV and dance like he has to go potty

5. That Mommy's eyeballs, and only the eyeballs look up at the ceiling a lot when Grandma is talking (this one took me awhile, it means rolling her eyes).

Where in the world is Brad?

This city's name is a metonym for the industry it is known for.

Cookies!

I was in the baking mood today (a rarity), I wanted to make Halloween cookies. These are my cookies:

Chris decided to take over the sprinkling job, and these are his psychedelic creations, notice the rubik's cube cookie.

Random Photos

Sydney going for a swim and when she returned she was greeted by her "team".

After church Dixie got a hold of this ball and she would not let it go.

Dixie got into something very smelly, so Brad took it into his own hands to get her cleaner.

And believe it, Dixie actually enjoyed the flight.

Where in the world is Brad

Brad is off again, can you guess where he is?
Hint: This city is the home of the world's smallest park.

Can you guess where Brad is?

Brad has been home for 2 weeks so it's only fair that he is somewhere this week (and he is not there for a week he flew there yesterday morning and comes back tonight), can you guess where he is? (No there is no prize if you get it right).
Hint: A famous tea party took place here.

I've Been Tagged

I actually like it when people are tagged, I love learning unusual things about people, so here it goes:

5 Joys
1. My family
2. Watching TV and sitting on the couch through the commercials (Brad feels commercials are for the sole purpose to get things done and cleaned up around the house between your favorite TV programs and so because he is working through them I feel obligated.)
3. A good laugh
4. Traveling and experiences new places
5. Weekends

5 Fears
1. Snakes
2. Our house catches on fire and our dogs are trapped inside.
3. Someone in my family is either hurt, injured, killed or other terrible things happen to them.
4. Scary movies/stories (especially ghost)/books
5. Being kidnapped or I guess adultnapped now.

5 Obsessions
1. The Office
2. Lysol - Brad says I'm the most illogical germophobe he has ever met. I randomly spray Lysol at home and at work, in fact my OCD boss (of all people) asked me if I have a condition, then he tried to comfort me by saying a lot of people have those kinds of illnesses!
3. My dogs must be bathed weekly, I hate them smelling like (and heaven forbid this from happening) like DOGS!
4. The Internet
5. Downeast basics undershirts

5 Surprising Facts
1. I love to rock out - the whole deal, head banging, air guitaring - ask Brad he has caught me doing it, truly embarrassing.
2. I was not a dog lover until I met Sydney
3. Sydney has 5 names and 1 title: Sydney Jackson Mezz Muggless Wigglesworth Ph.d. - and they accumulated through the years. Bytheway, her Ph.d. is in wood.
4. As a senior in high school I debated in degrees of education or marine biology (I wanted to be a whale trainer) I was torn. And when I was 18 I did a program in Sea World where I got to work with the animal trainers for a day to see what it would be like (which is how Sydney got the 2nd name of Jackson - I had a picture of one of the seals I worked with and I had told Brad I think Syd looked like him, their eyes were both almond shaped, and his name was Jackson.)
5. I hate Tuesdays, I think Tuesday is the worst day of the week.

I hate picking people to tag, so everyone is tagged.

Picasso to Monet

So last night I talked Brad into going with me to an art exhibit at the University of Utah that I had been wanting to go to all summer but finally had a chance to get to (on the last night of it of couse). As soon as I saw the name Monet, I knew I wanted to go. It was an exhibit from the Cleveland Museum. It featured artists such (of course) Monet, Picasso, Dali, Rembrandt, Matisse, and others. It was a nice cultured date. Here are some of my favorite (most were not on display on the exhibit).

Monet:

Dali: (I always wanted to know what his dreams were of hmmm...)

This Is Hilarious!

Okay, so on my friend Nancy's blog she has a link to a site called "Cake Wrecks" and it is hilarious, check it out...

http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/

Nancy, thank you!

What Happened to Talent?

Okay, so I'll admit it I watched MTV's VMA awards last Sunday, and I was thoroughly disappointed. What happened to the music industry? When did musicians stop being musicians? Honestly, how can you call yourself a singer and lack the ability to sing!?!

Rihanna- My biggest disappointment. I thought Rihanna could sing, I love her music, until I saw her performance. Yes, the performance was fantastic, the singing however, was NOT.

Although, this does bring new inspiration to all those girls out there that can't sing, don't worry girls you can still win Grammies even though you have a crummy singing voice, you just need an awesome sound board.

(Sorry for the venting).