Ruthie and the Pre-K's

These are by far the sweetest people on the planet.  They are  sweet, innocent, inquisitive and totally honest about everything.

They still possess the part of their personalities that we as adults lose too early in this thing called life.  I, for one, think people would be happier if they did not let that inner child get lost in the sauce.

Me and the babies had a great day together.  I filled in for the "para-pro" who had to leave early because she had a sick teenager.  I arrived at 7:30a, can you believe that?  And, they stay at school all day.  For breakfast they had what looked like "bagel pizza" with milk or juice.  Most of them seemd to like it.

I'm sitting here in the library with some stickers on my face that the kids put there.  That lil Ruthie girl is never gonna grow up no matter what anybody says.  Y'all can grow old if you want to...I'm not.

During nap-time the teacher talked to me about the kids, their backgrounds and what they're like from day to day.  One kid she said is picked up everyday by someone other than his mother.  One day he said to the teacher, "Ms R, every day my mom picks me up, but it doesn't look like her."   She said he's a smart kid, he just doesn't have good common sense.  The mind of a four year old...

The funniest part of the day was when after nap-time the teacher put on a CD with dance tunes and they were supposed to be dancing to "Turn the Beat Around" from the 70's.  Of course, both the teacher and I got on the mat and danced like nobody was watching and the kids couldn't dance for staring at us.   It was too funny. 

The last thing we did before leaving for the day was have a snack and play outside.  Then we talked about what new things they'd learned for the day.  Most of these kids are 4 and 5 years old and behaved better than most of the 8th graders I had earlier this week.  At 2:30 some of them could remember what they'd learned at 9a in the morning. 

I will never turn down a chance to work with the babies because it makes me very happy to be around them.  I find I'm learning things about myelf while I try and make a difference in their young lives and that really does a body good.