Birthdays mean...

As an adult, birthdays mean...

-Waking up at 6 am, well actually more like 3:30, and then not being able to get back to sleep because I couldn't stop coughing long enough

-Getting to work at 6:45 and then trying to figure out what to do with children all day

-Having to walk out on your superintendent because your meeting is going so late you are going to miss your tutoring kid

-Being late to your tutoring kid because your meeting ran so late, now you have to stay late at tutoring, because obviously a nearly 12 hour work day was not long enough

-Being way too starving to cook when you get home so eating canned soup and oreo frozen yogurt for dinner...oops.

As a kindergarten teachers, birthdays mean...

(spelling corrected unless it was particularly amusing)

"Have a god birthday!"

"You are my best teacher" (and how many others do you have?)

"You are the best teacher. You are very god."

"I love you, you are the best teacher in the hole world. You have taught me how to spell words and how to draw very god. You have taught me math. You are my best teacher I love you so much that you should come to first grade with me."

"I know you like the red sox. I like it too. I think it's the best."

"Did you know a big kid said you are the best teacher in the school? You are a god teacher."

"You have been the very best teacher in the world. You teach me how to leave spaces and draw good. I love you."

Did I mention there were at least 20 pictures of ice cream on these cards?

Don't worry, not all kindergartners are so loving. The kids made these cards for me during lunch (when I'm out of the room) and according to them, one of the kids refused to make me a card because he was mad at me. What did I do? Told him: cutting in line is not a choice.

Mean teacher!

Alright time to go get some wedding and work stuff done. Those are my two Ws right now :) What's your favorite part of your birthday?