Who Said "Rules and Safety"?

So my trend of writing posts once a week (on Thursdays) failed. Let's see how the Sunday post goes...Maybe I'll keep it my new ritual since I don't usually blog (on my other blogs) on Sundays. I'll leave it open and free for this one!

This week was an eventful one. Our Kindergartners were off to school and our newbies came in to visit our classroom. There were, on average, about 22 of us each day and we had a great time learning about school rules and safety. I'm not sure if it was the "newness" of the week or if it was the longing to rebel when learning about rules and safety but a lot of our chillins got hurt this week. We had skinned knees, smashed fingers, bumped heads, and a lot of thinking time for those not listening! Despite the rebellion, they were all still adorable!

Here are some of the anecdotes from my week:

• After nap time we usually go outside for snack and play time. Most of the chillins are still tired and drowsy from their nap time so we have a lot of grumpy pants and silliness. After snack one day, a little girl decided to sit amongst the big Lego's on a grassy hill and fall asleep sitting up. Another littler girl came along and started playing hairdresser with the sleeping girl. She was using Lego's as brushes and so on. She played the entire time as her hairdresser and was so enjoying herself! Little did us teachers know, the sleeping girl was snoozing the whole time! 
• After telling one of my boys how well he did on a project he says to me, "punch it". Holding his fist up I see that I'm supposed to bump fists with him. After doing so, he releases his fingers from his fists, almost looking like spirit fingers, and goes "pow"! LOL I had to laugh at his excitement. It is now our thing to "punch it". It's adorable! 
• When a little boy was praying for our class, another little boy was in thinking time, crying his little heart out and screaming "I want a tissue". The little boy praying was trying his best to ignore the obnoxious situation. His prayer went a little like this:

  "Thank you for my mommy. Thank you for my daddy. Thank you for my teachers. Thank you for my dog. Thank you for my tissue. (a little snickers here and there) Thank you for my school. Amen" 

  
  When working with children, there is never a dull moment!