European Odyssey Trip

Things I Had to Say

Put that back in the ocean. Don't you dare eat that.

Things the Delegates Said

I'm so excited I'm going to pee!

Student 1: If humans had tails, what would they look like? I think they'd look like the ones in Dragonball Z... short, brown, and fuzzy.
Student 2: How would we sit?
Student 3: Well, dogs have tails and they can sit.
Student 2: But what about furniture?
Student 4: It would be designed around our tails.
Student 2: But I like furniture the way it is!
Student 1: You wouldn't even know the difference.
Student 2: If I had a tail, I would want it to be strong enough to pick things up off the table so I didn't have to get up.
Student 1: I would want mine to be strong enough to hold me upside down when I was sleeping. It'd have to maintain the same position for a long time so I didn't fall.

Going around a hairpin turn on the way up Vesuvius: Oh that gives you a sense of danger!

July 2, 2015

So I forgot to post last week... woops! I may be missing for a few weeks as well because I am taking a group of student ambassadors to Greece, Italy, and France for the next three weeks. It's going to be so exciting!

Now back to my crazy preschool life...

Me: Close your eyes and your mouth because I'm going to put sunscreen on your face.
Child: Oh no! Not my face! Don't get it in my eyes.
Me: Why in the world would I put sunscreen in your eyes?
Child: You did last spring.
Me: Well it's summer now and we're turning over a new leaf.
Child: You're so funny Miss Annie. I'm not a leaf!

Bad Guys
One of my students just got back from visiting family in Pakistan. He was telling some of the other kids that his dad told him there were bad guys there who steal kids, so to be careful.
Child 1: What kind of bad guys?
Child 2: You know like bad people who throw things on the floor?
Child 1: Like dirty cheese?
Child 2: Yeah.

Blood Cast
I had blood work done this morning, so when I got to work I still had the gauze and medical tape on my arm.
Child 1: Why do you have that on your arm?
Me: I went to the doctor this morning and they took some of my blood.
Child 1: Why?
Me: To make sure I'm healthy.
Child 1: So why's that on your arm?
Me: When they take the needle out they need to make it stop bleeding so they put a band aide on it.
Child 2: That's not a band aide. That's a blood cast.

Bird Poop
Child: Birds don't poop. They don't have butts.

Strange Bird
I was putting sunscreen on a child and accidentally got it on a boo boo on her leg.
Child: Oh yeah. Rub that bad boo boo.
Me: You're a strange bird, love.
Child: I'm not a bird, silly! And I'm not a leaf either.

More Things We Shouldn't Have to Say But Do
We don't eat food off of our knees.
We don't put our fingers in our friend's belly button.

June 20, 2015

My Mini-Me

We went on a field trip yesterday to a farm. It was absolutely beautiful! We walked through a large field of tall grass. I noticed that one of my little ones was lagging behind, so I waited for her and took her hand. I was trying to show her how to walk on the grass and push it down so it didn't hit her in the face. While trying do this, she fell and I chuckled and said, "You remind me of myself when I was little!" She said, "Thanks Miss Annie! You remind me of my grandma." She redeemed herself though and told me it's because she feels loved when she's with me. Talk about the warm fuzzies!

Slugs/Worms

Miss Annie, do you know what's really cool about slugs? As they grow bigger, they shed their skin and turn into worms.

Get Dead

There was a military funeral at the cemetery across the street. I was trying explain what a 21 gun salute is to the kids so they weren't scared when they heard the gunshots. One of my kiddos said, "It's okay guys, you just have to back up so you don't get dead."

June 12, 2015

I was telling my co-teacher today that I put spinach in my Shakeology this morning and how I was surprised that I couldn't taste it. One of my kiddos told me she likes spinach and I told her that I was eating it so I could be strong like Popeye. I then realized she probably didn't know who Popeye was and said so. She quickly corrected me and said, "My daddy has Popeye. It has chicken and carrots and noodles in it." Pot pie.. Popeye.. same thing.

Overheard Conversation:

Girl: I like having a mommy. She's really nice and she buys me things girls like to play with. Because I'm not a boy. I'm a girl.

Things I Never Thought I Would Say:

Why are you riding her? She's not a horse.

Don't touch your tongue to your friends tongue.

Take your finger out of his nose!

My First Post!

I hear some pretty crazy things while I am teaching.  I'm hoping to capture what it is like to work with little ones on a daily basis.  I'm going to be posting some of the crazy and funny things that my kiddos say and some of the things that I never thought would come out of my mouth.

So some fun ones to start...

Child: Miss Yocum, is there a baby in your tummy?
Me: No, there's not.
Child: Are there two babies in there?
Me: No.
Child: Well, it looks like there are.

*I'm standing at that mirror putting lotion on my face*
Child: What are you doing?
Me: Putting lotion on my face.
Child: Is that to get rid of the dots on your face?  **meaning acne**

Child: (waving hand in front of his face) If you do this, will you get constipated?
Me: Do you mean hypnotized?
Child: Yeah, that.


A child asked me what alligators eat.  We looked it up on Google and I told her that one of the things they eat are deer.  She said "Eww."  I told her that some people eat deer and that I eat deer on a regular basis.  She proceeded to tell me that maybe the dots on my face would go away if I stopped eating deer because I shouldn't eat what alligators eat.