Ah, To Be Young Again......

After school, I was standing at Bus Duty with my clipboard as the children filed in.  One of the kids recognized me.  "Hey, I saw you in the library."  I should hope so after several story times and helping kids check out books for four weeks.  He continues on with a question:  "You work?"

Struck speechless by a seven year old. 

AH, TO BE YOUNG AGAIN...The Definition of Retirement

As I was telling the students that their previous librarian had retired, I stopped to ask if anyone knew what "retirement" meant.  One brave fellow raised his hand and said, "It's when you are too tired to work anymore, so you don't go to work anymore."  Hello, ready for that retirement check already!  I hope everyone has a great Back to School and and a school year full of wonderment.

Ah, to be young again......

As I was typing up the book It's Christmas, David by David Shannon for the blog, I was laughing about the comments the students made as I read different pages.  They truly loved this book.  On one page, he writes his name in yellow in the snow.  Most of the kids thought he was using mustard (in their defense, it doesn't snow much in Texas).  They were properly scandalized when a classmate who knew better educated them.  There's always one in every class who delights in his sharing of his potty humor.  For once he got to shine! Also, no David book is complete without a scene where he strips down.  In this scene, the reader sees his hiney as he runs away.  Most of the kids were shocked and giggly.  One boy stated, "You shouldn't show that--there are girls in the room."  So glad to know that they've learned to keep their clothes on by kindergarten.  LOL.   Of course, it's always funny when someone else's kid does the shocking behavior instead of your own. 

Ah, to be young again........

Last night I was driving two 10 year old boys to see the final Harry Potter movie.  I was listening to them discuss the house elves, who had been (for the most part) a sub-plot left out of the movies.  As I thought of 2 ten year old boys reading and discussing what they had read, I thought--"It just doesn't get any better than this."  But then they went on to explain to the father of one (who hadn't read the books) how the elves deserved to be free, to explain the importance of Hermione's cause.  And then I knew--"It doesn't get any better than this."

Ah, to be young again...

Kids often say or do the darnedest things!  Sometimes, these are so cute, they must be shared.  Perhaps it's as simple as spending half an hour looking for a book about cars, only to find he wanted the book "Heavy Metal Mater" based on the Cars movie. Or perhaps it's the long story about how the little sister spilled milk all over the book she just turned in dripping wet.  Stay tuned for anecdotes throughout the year!  Feel free to add your own in the comments section.