Smooth criminal.

A 5 year old boy, wearing sunglasses, comes up to me and says:

"What's cookin', good lookin'?"

Following that line...

"Do these look like Michael Jackson sunglasses, cuz I really wish they looked like Michael Jackson sunglasses."

[I'm not quite sure what Michael Jackson sunglasses are.]

Music of the moment: A Silver Mt. Zion's "Hang on to Each Other"

Master of karate?

Today, one boy in particular provided me with endless amusement.  Among other things, he:

• Sat on a little picnic table (outside in the playground area), closed his eyes, and "meditated."
• Excitedly unwrapped and devoured an entire Five Guys cheeseburger at lunch time (yes, he had a Five Guys burger packed in his lunchbox).
• Told me that his dream would be to have a "huge dance party" at school.
• Showed me "the coolest karate move ever."

Music of the day, just because: "xx" by The xx

Pumpkin orange.

"My shirt isn't just orange!  It's pumpkin orange, like Halloween, and like my birthday because it's the day after Halloween."

- courtesy of "Radar bunny" boy (see previous entries)

"Can birds eat cats?"

- courtesy of a 5 1/2 year old boy

Today also involved the mermaid-loving girl serenading me with "Part of Your World" from "The Little Mermaid."  She absolutely sang the entire song - without missing a beat.  

Under the Sea.

Me (to a 3 year old girl): Want to look at some animal picture cards with me?  You could choose fish, mammals, reptiles...

Girl: How about mermaids?  Do you have any mermaids?

Me: No mermaids, but I have fish.  

Girl: Ok, fish.  They live with mermaids.

[She then proceeded to express her love for Disney's Ariel, explaining how much better Ariel is as a mermaid than as a human.]

Gone fishing.

While labeling pictures of various types of fish...

"Porkfish... I don't know if I like porkfish.  But I know that I love pork!  Mmmm, bacon!"

- courtesy of the same (almost) 5 year old boy with the bunny named Radar

Made my day.

"You know, I was so excited to come back to school today. You know why? I really, really like you."

- 5 year old girl

It has begun.

I'm back.

Back to school, that is. And I'll celebrate that with my favorite quote from the first day:

"I had a bunny once. His name was Radar. RADAR! Isn't that a perfect name for a rabbit?"

- (almost) 5 year old boy

Yes, I think it is.

More to come, possibly on a daily basis, because as the old saying goes: "Kids say the darnedest things."