The first day back after a billion day, action packed, gift-filled holiday is a killer. (I know, I know, you parents were having a huge 'free at last' party, but we were having, well, root canals with no anesthesia...)
I gathered the children on the carpet after recess for a Calendar Math lesson, and did my best to reel in the munchkins. After finally managing to hook them with a humerous, sing-songy New Years thingy, I asked the all important question.
"Okay boys and girls, who can tell me what month it REALLY IS? What is the FIRST month of the year? The one in that song we sing every day???? Anyone?"
I looked out at a sea of faces, all the while pointing at the huge word JANUARY, and felt like I was speaking Chinese.
"People! Who knows? Anyone? Frank, do YOU know what month this is???"
He looked at me, threw his hands up and in his gravelly voice said, "I got nuffin."
It's nice to know that singing that @*#& "Months of the Year" song for 76 days has worked so well.
Dr Jean- you owe me $22.50.
(And THEN after talking about what month it WAS, and clapping the month and singing the song AGAIN - he looked at me and said, " I nevah HEAWD of it." I am seriously adopting that kid.)
30 comments:
If you don't adopt him, I will.
I nevah heawd of such a cute boy since mine was that little.
Munchie! Perfect!
Thanks for going back into the trenches an allowing us lazy ass moms to lay on the couch and watch Peoples Court today.
They don't pay you enough!! : )
What would us Mom's do without you??
it was a great day- i was SO happy to be back. However, they kicked my $**
Oh my gosh! That is hilarious. I'm going back to work tomorrow. I'm a little excited, a little sad... overall, though, pretty happy!
That kid is awesome...so damn funny. He could truly be All Fooked Up!
My husband wants to be all prepared for the end of the world and buy barrels of wheat and crap and is making me read a book about being prepared and something dawned on me...
If crap really went down-
Because I didn't pay enough attention in Elementary School and was too damn lazy to buy a calendar, I will NEVER be able to keep track of the months because I STILL don't know how many days are in each month, even with that knuckle trick.
So much for a college education.
Awesome!
I can't tell you how many times I've danced that silly Month Macarena song. If they don't know January, at least I've gotten a little exercise in!
This makes me dread going back on Wednesday! :)
"I got nuttin'"
I love Frank!
Maybe Frank is in denial about coming back to school?
I'm one of those weirdo moms that hates the first day back. Way too much of a shock to the system..
Eh. January's overrated, anyway. That blank stare from everyone is the worst. If I start off expecting everyone to know something and that fails, I revise expectations and hope for some to know it. I know it's bad when I start wishing for even just one child to know it!
I bet he knows March, Mayand June, those easy months to pronounce :)
Happy New Year, Vodka Mom!!
Thanks for making me laugh! That Frank is a keeper, don't you think?
Take care, Sue
Man, I love that kid!!!
As much as I bitched about having to go back today, it really wasn't as bad as it could have been. Plus, I missed those little buggers more than I thought I did!
Ha Ha! My 4th grader still gets her months confused, although she can also write and speak Latin. Oh well.
He sounds just like my little guy. He either has teen siblings and therefore talks like one, or watches far too much TV at home and talks like they do. Much as I should hang my head in shame, it IS funny when they come out with stuff like this!
Love that Frank! Thank you so much for sharing him with us!
Give the kids some time; those lightbulbs will be turning on before you know it!
I'm looking forward to seeing all the hormone-raging pre-teens tomorrow!
Have a great week!
Love that little Frank! What a kid!!
Just a small aside to Anna See (above), Latin in the 4th grade is impressive, but I bet she's going to need to know the months a lot more often than she'll need to know Latin!! LOL!
Besides, no one really knows how to speak "conversational" Latin as the written version that we learn in school does not represent the spoken language, only the classic written language. (Mrs. Petering, my Latin Teacher, said so when I was a Sophomore in H.S. a million years ago.)
If Frank's got nuffin then it looks like no one else does either. Back to starting all over again!
All these years you've been teaching and you're juts now realizing that they're kind of morons at that age? Wow... : )
LOVE me some Frank! He's AWESOME! Mine went back today...teachers are the BOMB!!! Just wish I liked kids enough to become one
I can so relate to "I got nuffin" ... for days now.
besos..
I don't know how you do it every day and just not laugh yourself silly!! That Frank. . too funny!
WhatEVER will you do without him?? *snif*
We will pale in comparison...
I just realized: your life is like my New Year's Eve Toddler party nine months of the year.
Good lord, woman. You should be certifiable.
What kind of muffin?
Thank you for this day!!
Kids still off the wall from the candy Santa left?
Maybe you should move up to First Grade so you can keep Frank. I always point out to my Early Childhood students that doing calendar is silly since the kids have no actual understanding of time and it's nothing but rote learning. Love it when I'm right. Anyhow, have you thought of publishing a book of Frank stories, preferably with illustrations?
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