PRESCHOOL LIFE: VOLUME TWO.

To be honest, I have a love/hate relationship with breaks. A part of me loves the time to choose how I spend my days, getting to blog and read and just catch up on life (not to mention sleeping in as late as I want and getting to watch some Gilmore Girls, too!). It's refreshing, and as a teacher, I cannot tell you just how important it is to recharge and rest up, too; it's something that I've learned the hard way, let me tell ya. But the other part of me kind of misses the kids. I don't miss their yelling and tantrums, but I miss their hugs, their smiles, and the way they all want to sit on your lap when you read a story.

So in honor of Spring Break and the time I've spent away from my kiddos, I'm sharing a few more of my day-to-day life with three to five year olds. These are a few of my favorite things about the little ones I get the privilege of teaching every day:

+When kids ask or invite you over to play with their toys. I love that preschoolers love their teachers so much that they'd invite you over to your house. I'm pretty sure you wouldn't want this happening three years from now, kiddo, but I'll smile and tell you "sure" anyway even though I know it won't happen.

+When kids tell you 'I love you.' And that, my friends, is why I teach. 

+Listening to kids ride tricycles on the playground. "I'm going to win (aka beat) him! I'm going to win him!"

+I was talking with one of the kids and I asked her if she did or could do something. She told me, "No, I'm not an adult anymore! I'm a kid!"

+When people ask you why you teach and all you can say is because you love it. You love kids. You love teaching. You love it. Actually loving your job is such a blessing and something I'm learning not to take for granted.

+One of the kiddos wanted me to read his t-shirt and when I said "Just do it," he corrected me and said, "No, that says Justin Bieber!" That's pretty close kiddo, pretty close.

+When kids tell you they want to grow up and be bumblebees. Kids have the best career aspirations, I tell ya.

+A teacher brought in their Frozen soundtrack and was playing it during free choice time and it was beyond cute to see all the little girls listen the music, freeze, and then exclaim that they know that song. You'd better believe there was some belting of Let it Go. And plenty of music recommendations from little girls to watch that movie as well (still haven't gotten a chance to yet!), too.

+When a child asks if a dub-step freestyle dancer is Michael Jackson and then proceeds to dance like him, too. Preschoolers are the definition of carefree and creative, I tell ya.

+When another child dances in front of a teacher and asks if his dancing makes her laugh. He continues to dance when she answers "yes" because he like to make her laugh. Kids are also people-pleasers, and pretty good ones at that.

Got any funny kid stories to share? And if you need another laugh or two, read the first volume  of this series here.