The new school year began last Monday and with that came a few new stories from the kids... they also made sure to bring their germs with them and caused at least 4 of us to get sick :( (it's cool, I'm fine with sounding like an 80 year old man for probably the 12th time in a year). Anyway, here are a couple of my favorite stories so far:
On the bus ride home, Dakota (who's basically Russell from "Up" with light brown hair) asks, "Did you guys get the plug-in for Lindsey's breathing machine?" Lindsey is his little sister and she has a lot of asthma/allergy problems. She has a nebulizer that goes back and forth from home to school in case she has an asthma attack while she's in our care. If she does happen to have an asthma attack on the bus, we have to plug the nebulizer into a cigarette lighter and that will make it work. The bus didn't originally have a cigarette lighter, so they had to have one installed and that was what Dakota was asking about. He's just being protective of his little sister and making sure that she's taken care of in case something happens to her... he's one of the sweetest kids I've ever met :).
On Wednesday, Kameryn (still the winner of the best Kentucky twang) asks, "Can we go outside on the playground and have a picnic like we used to?" I thought that was cute because it's been at least 3 months since we've had a picnic on the playground, which may as well be 3 years to a 4 year old. I felt honored that she remembered our little tradition.
On the bus ride home on Thursday, Harley tells me that Carson is her boyfriend. I say, "Oooohhh, Harley you have a boyfriend now," just to tease her a little bit and she giggles. Then, Savanna, who's sitting next to her says, "I don't have a boyfriend because boys aren't nothin' but trouble!" It turns out she had heard that from an aunt or something, but it was still pretty hilarious coming out of a 4 year old's mouth.
I'm glad to know that they're still entertaining and can't wait to hear what other things they'll come up with!
