Friday, March 11, 2016

You make me feel so young.

Good morning,

I've been working at a local elementary school for the past few mornings.
Yesterday as I was helping in a kindergarten art class, I asked the children how old they were.
They were very happy to tell me.

I said, you were all so nice not to ask how old I am.

Which meant of course they asked.

I said, I'm not telling.

One little girl said,  "Are you in the hundreds?"

Which is the funniest thing I've ever heard.

Happy Friday all you spring chickens!

Donna

13 comments:

  1. I love envisioning you with the wee little kiddos. I hope it's been a good week for you.

    You know that expression "you're as young as you feel" ?? This a.m.I woke up and felt 70 - then around 11:00, walking around in the sunshine, I felt about 17!

    BTW, this song makes me think of "Elf" now :!)

    Happy Friday!

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  2. Anonymous11:28 AM

    I am a retired elementary school librarian. I never minded telling the little ones how old I was, but with the older ones, I usually reminded them that it was impolite to ask an adult how old they were. Then one year, one of the fifth grade classrooms had a gift for me. They invited me to their classroom to present it to me and sing happy birthday to me. One of the kiddos asked how old I was and I replied, "Eighty-nine." And much to my consternation, no one in the room questioned my purported age! Dee S

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  3. Not one hundred, but "in the hundreds"?? Lol. Little kids are the best.

    Happy weekend!

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  4. Anonymous1:16 PM

    Oh this made me just giggle!!! Thank you for sharing such a sweet story. Laughter is a good thing! :)

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  5. Little kiddos are so cute! Have fun, Donna!

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  6. Anonymous4:05 PM

    How cute. I am so glad you are working with children. I just know you are fabulous at it and will be a bright spot in their day.

    Debbie Z.

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  7. Anonymous5:05 PM

    CUTE STORY :) Karen F.

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  8. Hehehehe. I love it.

    K-2 grade kiddos are so stinking cute

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  9. Ha! Thanks for sharing.

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  10. Ha! Thanks for sharing.

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  11. The answer "No, I'm in my tens" sounds so youthful. I'm going to have that prepared just in case a wee one ever asks me that question! "I'm somewhere in my tens."

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  12. Anonymous10:41 AM

    Big smile here...the little ones were my favorites in the libraries where I worked.
    love and prayers, jep

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  13. Anonymous3:52 PM

    When my daughter was young she said "mom are you 60?" and I told her, "no, I'm 30" and she stops and goes "well.... that's almost 60"

    It made me laugh even though I didn't let her know that. I'll just remind her when she's 30 almost 60.

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