Kids...got to LOVE them!

There is nothing better than having kids in one’s life. Sadly, I personally interact with them for no more than 2 hours a week, but those two hours are the highlight of my week. Because no matter how bad my adult-world can get, I always laugh when I’m with them. Who can help it with anecdotes like these:

• Who knows how some topics of conversation come up before class when the kids are just telling me about their lives. This one had to do with Michael Jackson dying from an overdose of “good” drugs. “Elvis did, too,” Kate pipes up. “He didn’t take very good care of himself at all. Except he did shower.” I know Kate didn’t understand why, but I hadn’t laughed so hard in days!
• We made Valentine cookies at church last night to share with others (part of our lesson on sharing God’s love). As I was getting the things out, I asked the kids what the day before had been. Matt’s hand shot up. “Thanksgiving,” he answered. I kept from laughing as I responded, “Aw, and I missed the turkey!” “I mean Valentine’s,” Matt corrected himself hastily, but he’s a good kid. He laughed with us.
• After church, I was talking to our assistant pastor and his wife. She works in the office of a school and had been required to do 4^th grade lunch duty in the cafeteria that day. A little boy there raised his hand during lunch and she went over to see what he needed. “Are you married?” he asked. “Why?” Pastor Baker jumped in now. “Did he want to marry you? Did he tell you just to hang on a few years and he’d be 16? Am I going to have to go down there and beat up a 9-year-old for messing with my wife?” “I don’t know,” Mrs. Baker laughed, “but he didn’t believe me until I showed him my ring. Then he asked if I had only been married once. I said yes – that’s enough.” “Oh,” the kid replied, “my grandmother has been married four times.”
• I was supposed to go to San Antonio this weekend with friends, but something came up to throw a wrench in that. As Haley left today to visit her best friend for 10 days, that left her cats unfed for the weekend. So, she hired a 5-year-old to come feed them. This was to be the little girl’s very first job, and we agreed this morning I’d just put out the food in the garage as planned and let them believe I’m gone, too. For, according to the little girl’s mom, she is VERY excited about her first job and earning real money. And we wouldn’t want to ruin that, would we?
• The best news of all, though, I received this afternoon. My dearest friend Allyson is pregnant with number 6!!!!!! The little one is due in August/September and Miss Melissa is looking at flights to New Hampshire for the fall… :)