Lessons Learned

Recently, I have been working in the two-year-old classroom at my church during Sunday mornings. Just from the couple of mornings I have worked, here are some lessons I have learned from two-year-olds:

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• When you gotta go, you gotta go. Potty time is a big deal.
• Boys can play in the kitchen too.
• Blowing bubbles is probably the easiest way to get a kid's attention.
• Getting kids to sit down for story time has to be a competition. Always.
• Toy guns made out of Legos are apparently "cool." That is, until Kaila tells them guns aren't nice and they shoot the gun at Kaila instead. Partial win.
• Gummy bears > Goldfish.
• Kids do not care what you call them. You can repeatedly call them the wrong name and they don't care.
• Kids fight to be the one that gets to sit in your lap during story time.
• Two-year-old boys already know how to flirt. 

I have also learned a couple of things from babysitting the girls, who are 4 to 8 years older than the two-year-olds.

• 10-year-olds can develop crushes. 
• 10-year-olds are also pretty good at manipulation.
• Sometimes, it's okay to have Girl Scout cookies for a snack. Sometimes. 
• Good Luck Charlie is actually about teenagers, no matter how much you may hear that it is actually about a baby. (If you don't know what this show is, click on the link).
• Asking a 10-year-old to read for 20 minutes is like asking her to walk to California and back without any water or food. It is pretty much the end of the world.
• Teenage shows are terribly distracting when trying to do homework for college classes.
• Going to school, then dance practice until 5:15, to come home and have free time for the rest of the night means you are terribly busy. 
• Being in first grade is TOTALLY different than being in kindergarten. 
• A child's innocence is one of the most under-appreciated traits in our world today.
• Dance > Basketball > Cheerleading
• Kesha and Nicky Minaj are cool, but Selena Gomez is not cool. High School Musical is also very uncool, even if they choose to watch it and are glued to the TV the entire movie. I'm glad that was cleared up so explicitly for me. 
• Kaila can be spelled: "Kayle" (close), "Caila" (getting closer) and my favorite, "Cala" (well, at least she is good at other things besides spelling). 

  

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  I am learning so much from watching the girls during the week and working with the two-year-olds on Sunday. I can't wait to be an aunt and a mommy someday. :)