Silly Kid stories

[fireheart]

@pixi_kitty: are before and after-school care programs (as in structured ones) not common where you are?

Also, I'll have to try that garbage bag trick.

[Kittish]

Tonight we (niece and I) made cookies! She was just flabbergasted to learn that I'll make more than one kind of cookie with her. Til now it's been snickerdoodles because every time til now it's been her and her older cousins and snickerdoodles are easy and easy for everyone to participate in. Messy, but easy. And tasty. We made the sugar cookie wrapped hershey's kiss cookies that I'm playing with, and she agrees that they are sort of the last word in chocolate chip cookie. I made the dough ahead of time and split it into thirds and colored it, pink and blue and green, then she and I had lots of fun giving each kiss a colorful blanket.

[AnaKhouri]

My mom called (she's staying with husband and Khan until tomorrow) and told me Khan asked her if he could ask God to make me well again so I could come home.

Then, according to the husband, he told his teacher, "My daddy is picking me up from school today because my mommy had a baby and they have to stay in the hospital. So now my daddy has to do TWO jobs now. That's hard, isn't it?"

They are visiting on Friday and it can't come fast enough.

[BPFH]

My son, at about age 2-1/2 had it explained to him that he was going to have a little sister sometime in October that year.

He asked where she was now. We explained that she was still inside Mom's belly... and you could see the gears turning inside his head.

...and he says: "She's trapped!"

[Deserted]

Conversation between a former coworker and one of the kids he looks after:

That makes for good poetry.

A man who was born on Christmas Day
then died on Lucky Friday.
But it's okay;
he woke up a few days later and flew away.

Eat your heart out, Shel Silverstein!

[fireheart]

My mom called (she's staying with husband and Khan until tomorrow) and told me Khan asked her if he could ask God to make me well again so I could come home.

Then, according to the husband, he told his teacher, "My daddy is picking me up from school today because my mommy had a baby and they have to stay in the hospital. So now my daddy has to do TWO jobs now. That's hard, isn't it?"

They are visiting on Friday and it can't come fast enough.

Cute.

[Pixi_kitty]

are before and after-school care programs (as in structured ones) not common where you are?

They are, but both programs are full. Sadly, the programs are not run by the school, so their staffing does not always meet the needs of the school. If they picked up another 50 kids in the morning and 100 in the afternoon, there would probably still be a wait list.

I work in an inner-city school with a poverty level of over 90%, so for many parents, working is essential. And free childcare is even better.

[fireheart]

They are, but both programs are full. Sadly, the programs are not run by the school, so their staffing does not always meet the needs of the school. If they picked up another 50 kids in the morning and 100 in the afternoon, there would probably still be a wait list.

I work in an inner-city school with a poverty level of over 90%, so for many parents, working is essential. And free childcare is even better.

Ah. I work for one of those programs. (Aussie though)

Chances are that they're restricted by the space and ratios, so even if they could pick up another 50 kids int he morning and 100 in the afternoon, they wouldn't have the space to accommodate them all. I've seen schools that can accommodate 150 children at a time, they have a BUTTLOAD of space to allow for this. (as in the program is allowed access to say, the oval, the hall, a couple of classrooms etc.)

[Kittish]

So, my niece is, as are most American girls her age, besotted with all things Frozen. She's watched the movie so many times she can say the lines along with it. *sigh* So the past two days when the kids have been with me I've asked her if she wanted to watch the movie. Each time she declined. Politely even, straight up "No, thank you." So tonight I asked her why she didn't want to watch her movie. "Because I want to do stuff with you." Well, now.

[fireheart]

So, my niece is, as are most American girls her age, besotted with all things Frozen. She's watched the movie so many times she can say the lines along with it. *sigh* So the past two days when the kids have been with me I've asked her if she wanted to watch the movie. Each time she declined. Politely even, straight up "No, thank you." So tonight I asked her why she didn't want to watch her movie. "Because I want to do stuff with you." Well, now.

It's not just American girls. Also, that's cute.

[AnaKhouri]

Overheard the nurses talking. One said her son was playing and she heard him say, "Let's play drug dealers! Me and Jason will cook the drugs and you can go sell them."

When she asked him where he heard about drug dealers, he said his cousin, whose dad is a cop. I was cracking up because I'm a bad person.

[wolfie]

When she asked him where he heard about drug dealers, he said his cousin, whose dad is a cop. I was cracking up because I'm a bad person.

I see what you did there. You may think you are a bad person, but are you a "Breaking Bad" person?

[AnaKhouri]

Ha, I didn't mean to do anything. I have never seen Breaking Bad. This is a rural area so there are probably meth labs around, but I think there's more in the surrounding counties than in this one.

[NorthernZel]

One from yesterday night:

Lil'Zel (after chomping on some chili-seasoned nacho chips): Ow! OW! My tongue burns!
Me: Here's a glass, you can get some cold milk from the fridge.

(approx. 10 minutes pass)

LZ: Ow! My tongue burns again!
Me: Now, honey, you already KNOW that these chips are very spicy, so why do you keep eating them?
LZ: I can't help it, they're so yummy....
Me:

[Kittish]

So tonight, I decided to see how much simple addition the niece could pick up. We needed something quiet to do since the nephew was sleeping, and I don't really care for playing a lot of card games.

Started off with just simple single digit sums, then I tossed a double digit problem at her, and showed her how to set it up and solve it. Her reaction? "Hey, that's easy! Let's do some more!" Don't think she's quite caught on to the whole carrying the one bit yet, I'm trying to figure out a sensible way to explain what's happening there.