i get it, i'm still single

I dropped my kids off at Spanish on Friday and ran in to some kids in my class 2 years ago:

Kid 1: Are you married yet?

Me: Nope.

Kid 2: Still? Man. You weren't married when we were in second grade and you still aren't married?!

Me: Nope. Sorry ladies, I don't know what to tell you.

Kid 2: Remember when I told you that you should marry my gerbil because it's cute and fuzzy? He's still available if you want to marry him! You probably should....I can't believe you aren't married yet!

Me: (walking away) Thanks for making me feel better about my life!

Kid 1: Anytime Ms. Ewing!

The very next day a girl from my class last year came up at recess and told me she was telling the lacrosse coach that came to help out with PE the past few days that he should date me. Her exact words were, "I told him he should be your boyfriend! I said you were pretty and he's a boy so he should ask you out!" 

Good lord. These kids are going to kill me. Maybe I should take up the first girls offer to marry her gerbil.

groceries

In the forest the first week of school, I was working on my grocery list.

Kid: What are you doing?

Me: I need to go to the grocery store this weekend so I'm working on my grocery list.

Kid: Woah.

Me: What?

Kid: That's a lot of food you're going to buy. I guess you haven't gone to the store all summer.

all white girls look alike

When we were in the forest earlier this year this conversation happened:

Kid: You and Ms. Moran look alike!

Me: Really? I mean, we're both girls...and have blonde hair.

Kid: Yeah. But you also both have really big noses.

At this point the girl she was with started giggling and they both ran off. Thanks kid.

authentic vs. african

Remember this awesome kid? She was one of my favorite, and always had something redonk to say. Well luckily she says hi to me at recess whenever we're out there at the same time. I was wearing a Willie Nelson shirt when this conversation happened:

Kid: I have that shirt too!

Me: Yeah, well mines more authentic. 

Kid: What does that mean? Like it's African? Is that what you did this summer? They have those shirts in Africa?

kid quotes are back!

I've been meaning to update with the ridiculous things my kids have been saying this year....but I just haven't had the time! I'm back in school getting my masters and librarian certification which has taken any free time I have away. (Conferences, report cards, and other regular work stuff hasn't helped this problem.) Any free time I do have has been spent trying to have a life. 

ANYWAYS, I will be updating over the next few days some things that have already been said. But let's start with a sweet one. 

Today at recess a boy from last year came up to me:

Kid: I have a question for you Ms. Ewing.

Me: What's up?

Kid: Why are you so beautiful today? (huge smile)

Me: (laughing) What?

Kid: You're so beautiful today!

At this point he gave me a hug and ran off. Apparently I am too beautiful to be at school. I'll take it! (It's better than what another kid said earlier this year. You'll probably enjoy that quote better.)