kids say the darndest things.

I've had quite a few humorous things said to me by my elementary students as they figure out I'm pregnant. Most classes know now, I think it's only the kindergarten that hasn't figured it out. A few of those kids know, but not all of them. (Don't know how they could miss it the past couple days- I've gotten pretty big this week!) Anyway, here's some of the highlights of what has been said:

2nd grade found out first, since our principal's son is in that class. They came to music one day and Guy said, very accusingly, "I know about you." He then told the rest of the class and they all looked straight at my belly and said, "You don't look like you are." (This was very early in my pregnancy.) I told them to wait until we got back from summer vacation, and I was going to be super fat! A few days later, I was wearing an empire-waisted dress shirt that I love and Hunter said, "You're right, Mrs. Sandlian! You ARE getting fat!"

An aide in our school has a kindergartener who was VERY upset one day because she had to share her birthday party at school with a boy in her class who has the same birthday. This little girl, Micaiah, cried the night before, because the little boy was bringing the cupcakes and Micaiah was bringing the punch. "Mrs. Sandlian is having a baby and the baby NEEDS a cupcake! And Mrs. Sandlian LOVES cupcakes! Can't we cut into my birthday cake early so I can bring a piece to Mrs. Sandlian?" That story just about made me cry. How sweet that she was so worried that I wasn't getting a cupcake!

5th and 6th grade found out next. They were all just very worried that I wasn't coming back next year. Coming from a class that is a continuous struggle to get them to do anything, that was a nice compliment.

1st grade came in about a month later and one of the girls said, "I heard on the playground that you are having a baby." I told them that was true, I was having a baby! Mollie, our secretary's daughter, said, "OH! Are you getting married now?" HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Still laughing about that one. Her mom was so embarrassed when I told her that. It's still the joke in our faculty- they want to know if I've found a husband now that I'm "in the family way". I'm telling them I'm still looking. :)

3rd and 4th grade were the latest to find out. WAY later than the other classes! They figured it out when I was about 16 weeks along! One kid said in class, "I can't wait to see your baby!" The rest of the kids gasped at the same time and I heard a big, "YOU'RE HAVING A BABY!??!!" Keona told me, "No offense, Mrs. Sandlian, but I wondered why you were gaining weight in your stomach." Still laughing about that one, too. :)

Oh, kids say the darndest things...