Toadally cute!!!!

I just happen to have a primary class just full of little rascals. During my first week of teaching, like four people poked their heads in the classroom door asking if I was okay? It took a few minutes, but very quickly I figured out that I had been given the gift of a very lively class. Which consists of nine - 4 year old boys and one little girl.

They are seriously sooooo darling. But also quite the challenge. I have learned to deal with each of them, and discovered what makes them tick. I just love each and every one of them. Even when they run away and hide in the parking lot, or when they use their plastic easter eggs for a penis, or even when they smash crackers all over the carpet and dance in the crumbs.

This Sunday in class, I took the kiddos for a walk around the building and explained to them that I had gone frog hunting with my son a couple of times this past week, and hadn't been able to find a frog. And that if they could look all over the church lawn and find me one, I would be sooooo happy! So this took like fifteen minutes of class time which was the plan! We obviously didn't find a frog.

So tonight, I hear a little knock at the door....I open the door, and there is little Ryan. He holds out his hand and says, "here, Mister Mackay" and hands me a FROG! His mom yells from the car, " it's all he's been talking about...he just HAD to find YOU a frog."

Okay, nothing melts my heart like someone giving me a creature. Especially the FROG that I have been searching for all week. Oh how I love my little class. And that little Ryan will always have a special place in my heart. I love how he calls me Mister Mackay instead of Sister Mackay.
Now I understand why some teachers love to follow their classes all the way through Primary and watch them grow.

What a great day.