entertaining work

the kids had a lot of funny conversations today (it tends to happen more when we have a smaller group and we can sit with them and chat). at lunch today we were talking about foods that we liked. a girl stated "i like sandwiches." the boy next to her turned to me and said "i like you, shawna." how cute (and then of course everyone at the table said "i like you too"-- they haven't reached the age where its no longer cool to be teacher's pet).
later in the afternoon we were heading back outside and a group of 4 kids were sitting in the doorway. i walked past and noticed a boy helping another boy to get his socks on (he's convinced he can't do it cuz one day his socks were really tight and he needed help. i think he's forgotten that normally he can get his own socks on). i commented that that was nice of his friend to help him. i walked back past the group a couple minutes later and one of the girls is helping the other girl put her socks on. i made a comment about everyone helping eachother. one of the girls just stated "that's what friends are for- to help you put your socks on." i gotta get one of those kind of friends (and one to do the housework and always cook meals and do the shopping.....)
the best conversation though was also with the boy with the sock trouble (the conversation extends back a fews ago). his mom just had baby number 3 today. about a month or so ago i was talking to her and she said she was letting her oldest son (the one in kinder with us) help name the baby. we asked what names he had pick. she said he wanted "patrick 2" (after his younger brother) or angus. we said that angus wasn't a bad name. her response: angus had been the dog's name.
so today his grandma brought him in and he came running up to me to say that his mom was having the baby and she was in the hospital. we asked him if they'd picked a name for his new little brother and he replied "max". in the afternoon his dad came to pick him up and told him that his new little brother was born and asked if he wanted to go meet him. the boy got very excited and ran to tell me and the other teacher.
boy: max is born! i get to meet him!
dad: do you want to know what his name is?
boy: max.
dad: no.
boy: what is it then?
dad: oliver.
boy: oliver?!? why is it oliver?
ha. he was still excited to go meet him though. his dad showed us pics on his (very high-tech) camera phone. he's pretty cute.
hopefully the kids will be just as entertaining tomorrow. it makes time go faster if they're entertaining.