Another One Of THOSE Conversations

One of those conversations while right in the middle of it I think to myself, "Only a teacher would be having this conversation standing in the middle of 20 something 6 and 7 year olds."

Minus formal quotations...too much effort...but these...dots....are fun...so I'll keep them...

Natalee: Gage just hit me on my head and called me stupid.

I look over at Gage who can be a tad (I'm being generous) difficult but yet OH SO cute and squishable to me...he gives the best hugs and teaches me the most intelligent things he has learned from afternoon cartoons.

Gage, did you hit her and call her stupid?
Of course this is at the beginning of class before we even started the lesson, so everyone is up there listening.

Gage: Well it's because of what she said.

Me: What did she say?

Gage: She said I pooted and I didn't.

Me: (thinking---seriously?) Well you know Natalee---that was sort of your fault seeing as he did not want you telling everyone he pooted and you wouldn't stop. But Gage you should not have hit her and called her stupid just because she said something you didn't like.
You know class---every single one of you poots...you have all pooted, pooped, burped, thrown up, and peed. You know this right? I have too...we do this because we're human.

Lots of laughter...destruction averted.

Life is good.
We all poot.