a visit with my small friends.

Well....for the those of you who don't know.  I have spent five weeks of this past semester at a practicum in a 3rd grade classroom.  This wasn't just any old 3rd grade classroom it was a QUEST classroom of 24 highly gifted little 3rd graders.  Can you say intimidating? I was so not excited because I knew these little buggers would be even smarter than me.  I must admit...I LOVED IT!!!  The teacher I was placed with was absolutely amazing....I could not have asked for anything better.  And the kids...oh the kids.
     I just walked in from visiting them this morning!  What a treat!  They didn't know that I was coming, so it was a surprise!!  When they saw me you would have thought it was Christmas morning....or that it hadbeen 5 years since we had last seen eachother.  With one giant gasp and a unison MS. KENNEY!!! I was greeted by 24 little friends.  I sorta felt famous.
    They spent time going around the room and Catching me up to date with what had been going on since I left....Here is what I had missed :

Joe: I finally finished the draft of my How to Article....(How to stop being angry)- I hope I get to read this one!

Kevin: My Uncle Nick is coming in for Christmas

BJ: Some peoeple have been pulling a lot of tickets (and then proceeded to list of everyone who had pulled a ticket for today)

Helen: Bushy (the squirrel outside the window) has been here a lot this week and he fell off the bird feeder.

Stephanie: umm....Ms. Kenney I have a question "where have you been"? 

Joe 2nd comment: (smiles) look!  I got my braces off...now i have a retainer but im not wearing it today because last night I threw it away and so we had to do a dumpster dive.  My mom is soaking it in baking soda.

Eleanor: I joined Kumon (a program to get extra special help on super cool math)....only in QUEST. :)

Chloe: We went to see the Best Christmas Pageant Ever!!! (i wish i was in 3rd grade again)

Nick:  Do you think that you could teach our class when Mrs. Watson retires?

I didn't get to hear from Erik becaues he was crying at his desk :( (he is one of my favorites)

Ohhh how all of their precious little comments brought real joy to my heart.  I love them all.  They all wanted my e mail address- even though I had already previously given it to them.  I don't think they really even use their e-mail!   I hope I get some comical ones...I will be sure to blog about them! 

Before I left Mrs. Watson told them that Monday was my birthday.   The class immediately broke out in song...oooo my :)  Nick ran to me before I left and had already made me card.  It was a piece of notebook paper that said: Happy Birthday Mrs. (scratched out) Ms. Kenney.  Feeling famous once again. 

I wish I could hangout with them forever.  They are just funny.