Toddler Room Tales

Just the other day I was musing that my kiddos weren't being funny...seems they heard that as a challenge and brought their A game this week

To the kiddo with the burgeoning foot fetish:
I don't think she wants you to touch her feet
Do you hear how she is telling you No!
Stop touching her feet
Your friend is trying to give you a message, I need you to respect it
If you don't stop touching her feet I will need to help your body 
     screaming, thrashing toddler
I'm sorry this is making you angry, but you needed help.
If a friend tells you to stop, you need to stop touching her feet!


We may or may not be threatened by a lice outbreak from the older classrooms
     Yes I have been super itchy thank you hypocondria
     Yes I come home from work everyday and make Jesse check my hair
     Yes I have been alternating: letting my hair get super dirty gross and shampooing it like 
     crazy with Coconut shampoo, cause the rumor is lice hate both those things
So picture this:  nap time, rubbing a cute toddler back helping him fall asleep
All of the sudden he starts scrubbing at his head like crazy
     (sidenote:  older sibling in the outbreak affected classroom)
Are you itchy?  Head nodding
Deep breath and a quick glance through his hair (yay for little boys and short haircuts)
Turned out to just be a toddler trying to avoid falling asleep   whew!


and courtesy of a toddler parent...
How was the storm that rolled through?
     Appropriate response of how it was loud but we talked about being brave cause we know 
     we are safe at school
Ignoring me completely going on to say...
Yeah a big reason we switched schools was cause of the storms
We figured you guys are in a bigger building, you probably don't lose electricity often
     assuming he wasn't serious I responded...yeah you know how clintonville is
Blank look
     Do you live in the community?
Yeah we live in UA
     also known as land of underground powerlines that rarely loses power
     very unlike clintonville, land of powerlines through the back of properties cleverly disguised 
     by big trees that like to fall down