conversations with 8 year olds

It's been a while, but I have been quite busy.  So I could literally post something every single day of the week now that I've started student teaching.  I'm in a class of nineteen 2nd graders from 7:30-3:00 every day.  It's amazing what all they know, don't know, and think they know.

So every day I get the privilege of sitting with two different kids at lunch.  The first week I was there I was mistaken as a child's mother and then as Brittany Ripberger's sister...both of which I gladly took as a compliment.  I have had conversations about what the best thing to get at the Golden Corral is (which is the chocolate fountain in case you were wondering), 3D kitten books at the book fair, and conversations about Jesus.  Yes, as in Jesus Christ.  They have told me all about Bible Club that starts on Tuesday and I have been read to from the mother/daughter Bible.

Do you know how difficult it is to teach a Kenyan girl American money?  Oh and she moved to the United States of America in January.

These kids are champs.  They are so funny and so passionate about every little thing.  I have never received so many homemade cards for my birthday as I did last week.  There is never a dull moment.  Some days I go home and cry because I am so exhausted and worn out and they won't listen to me, but then there are some days that I don't want to go home and absolutely cannot wait to come back the next day.  It's a roller coaster for sure, but I wouldn't trade it for the world.

love you, mean it.