Kindergarten

So I've been volunteering in Cole's class once a week this year. I'm usually there for a couple of hours and I do all sorts of stuff, like working on sight words, corralling kids during bathroom break, and helping with random things like that.

Today the kids were all on one because of daylight savings. Lots of grouchiness, lots of outbursts, but also lots of silliness. I got to help them with this project where they wrote down what they wanted to be when they grew up and why. Several said doctors or police officers. Here are some of my faves:

• A marine - so I can drive a tank. 
• A home worker - so I can help clients like my dad. (When asked I figured out that what he meant was he wanted to work at home like his dad. And wear jammies. Goals - he has them!)
• A priest - so I can help people be nice. (This was a new one; I don't think I've ever heard a kid say they wanted to be a priest. So I asked him about it. He said "I was talking to my grandma and I said I wanted to help bad people be good, like her (I have no idea what his grandma does), but she said no. So then I said I wanted to work at Taco Bell, but she said NO. And then she said I should be a priest so I said okay.)
• A custodian - so I can help places be clean. (Just say mom, kid. Same difference sometimes.)
• A mommy - so I can be the boss. (**Might be my favorite response ever.**)

Later the cutest little girl in class, who happens to sit next to Cole, told me that she and Cole were going to get married when they grew up. Cole looked at her like she was crazy, but she came up and gave me a great big hug. (As she is wont to do. That girl is a hugger!)

Me: You're going to marry Cole? Does he want to get married? 

Cute Little Girl: Yes! But only when we are old, like 18 or something.

Cole: NO. *growl*

Me: I think that would be lovely. But maybe when you're a little older.

Cole: NEVER. 

Kindergarten can be hard, but it can also be very, very entertaining.