Happy Anniversary

Mr. Nelson announced to the class today that it was his 16th Wedding Anniversary. Alex blurts out, "Mr. Nelson! You should take her to McDonalds tonight and get her some chicken nuggets!"

His future wife will be so lucky :)

Chaos

The moment I knew that I had completely lost control today? When Arianna climbed up on top of her desk and started yelling and screaming like a banshee.

An Interesting Proposal

The kids had won a box top contest at school, and were rewarded today with cupcakes. The cupcakes had monkey rings on top, and the kids were pretty pumped about them. At dismissal today, Matthew came up to me, got down on one knee, presented me with the monkey ring, and asked, "Mrs. Miller, will you marry me?" It was adorable! I showed him my wedding ring, and said, "Matthew, I'm already married!"

He looked up at me, and as he slid the ring onto my finger, said, "CHEAT!"

Wait til MR. Miller hears that one!

Wearing Enough Cologne Today??

I kept walking around the room early this morning getting an insanely strong whiff of men's cologne...and not the kind that smells good! I kept trying to figure out who the culprit was, but couldn't pin him down. Later (and I mean 3 hours later...when a normal amount of cologne would've worn off a little) I was leaving the library, and began walking behind Ian, who was also walking back to class. Walking behind him, I was almost bowled over by the strength of the aroma. "Ian, are you wearing cologne today?" I asked. "Yep," he replied. "Did you spray it on yourself?" I asked. His answer was, "Well my mom sprayed one squirt on me, but it wasn't enough, so I had to go spray more on after she left the room."

Whew! But I'm thinking this won't happen again...it was so strong that I'm pretty sure he must've used the entire bottle.

"Sensirest Apologies"

Yesterday, I was the Spanish sub at work (like I speak Spanish...). There was one 5th grade class in particular that was TERRIBLE. They spent the entire 33 minutes yelling, arguing, gossiping, making fun of others, and NOT listening to the Spanish sub! There was one student that was slightly more emotional than the rest. When one of the girls made fun of him, he threatened to slap her in the face. I had to get on him about threatening, and he became an emotional basketcase, crying and carrying on like it was the end of the world. I was relieved when they left my room and went to art. Then later in the day, this emotional boy came by the room and dropped off a letter he'd written for me:

"Dear Mrs. Miller,

        I'm sorry for yelling in your class. If everyone would've acted like i did, no work would have gotten done. Please don't take it that bad. I promise I'll be bette next time. Also, I'll try to help the rest of the class to be at a zero and to work. Thank you if you don't hate me, But it's ok if you do.
                                                     Sensirest apologies,
                                                                                Peter
Ps. I'm MEGA sorry!!"


How cute! It made my afternoon. Of course, I stopped by the classroom later in the day to make it known that I don't hate him after just 33 minutes :)

Top 3 Disgusting Quotes of the Week

Kids are gross. They cough, sneeze, fart, pick their nose, and all kinds of other things. Then they proceed to share all their germy-ness with everyone else...including me. I was coughed on yesterday at point blank range by one of the second graders. When I told him to cover his cough, he replied, "Yeah, sorry...I've been REALLY sick this week." Fantastic...now I know what's in store for me NEXT week. Anyway, since kids are so gross, I thought I'd share the 3 most disgusting quotes from this week.

#3. "Eww! Ian has snot running into his mouth." -Anna

#2. "Mrs. Miller, Neil just picked off my scab." -Zane

#1. My tummy hurts...can I go to the bathroom? I think I have some hard poop in there." -Farah

Sometimes, there are things I'd just rather not know :)

Dood...Part II

This morning, I was trying to help Kyla (the LOUD one who says "dood" instead of "good") get the internet working on her computer. I restarted it, and while we were waiting for it to reboot, she picked up a book and read the title, "My Little Dog." And you know what? She pronounced the "g" sound at the end of "dog!" So I decided to take this little opportunity to revisit our speech lesson from about a week ago. While she was reading, she came to the word "dog" again. I asked he to repeat it, and when she did, I pointed out that she said the "g" sound. I then asked her to say the word "good." "Dood," she replied. "No no, say the word dog, and listen to the g..g..g sound at the end." She did, and said the "g" sound correctly again, but then kept saying "dood." So we kept at it for a few minutes. Apparently, just like last time, I frustrated her again, because a few repetitions later she said, "Ugh! Just let me read my frickin' book!"

And our speech lesson ended there. :)