It's Not Fair!

Funniest thing said today:

This three year old while literally holding the side of her head with her right hand, her one eye looking wide and puzzled, the other droopy, aimlessly walked around, moaning, “Ohhhhh…I have a headache,” and then with her hands out to the side-palms up, she shook her head and continued, “…and, I don’t know where it’s coming from.”

No doubt this was an impeccably perfectly exact imitation of her mother.

Second Funniest thing said today:

A child while watching me retrieve crackers from the snack food cabinet, noticed the bin of peanuts next to the tub of pretzels, jerked his body upward as if with sudden realization, and said “Oh, is that where the peanuts live?” Cracking up, I laughed loudly and then responded with, “Why of course. They reside in their two story condo right next door to the pretzel’s mansion.” 

It is so funny how everything in a child’s world is a living form and magic is accepted and normal. That’s why they are never surprised when we tell them that the Easter bunny talks, leprechauns can disappear through tiny cracks in the wall, the tooth fairy is very real and has an unlimited amount of cash, Santa Claus can visit billions of homes in less than twelve hours and we have eyes in the back of our heads.

Anything is possible in a child’s world.

Important fact:

The following is one of the reasons why parent’s go insane.

If one child gets two small otter popsicles of equal size and another child gets one totally different and much larger tri-colored popsicle, the child with the single, yet way more massive in size popsicle will still feel ripped off and complain that it isn’t fair that they only got one popsicle, rather than two. It’s not about the actual amount served with children, but rather how it appears in their eyes. A similar reaction of unfairness will result, if the same amount of fish crackers, is given to one child served in one large cup and another child is given the very same amount in two small cups. They cannot yet comprehend that the same amount exists and was fairly distributed. So don’t waste your time at this level, teacher’s and parent’s. Be sure you present and serve the same product in the same exact packaging. Trust me it’s not worth the headache or the time trying to explain or demonstrate how they are each receiving the same amount. In their little brains, at this level this is a concept way too obscure to grasp.

Now that being said, to the mom who brought to the school to share with the kids today, in a large box, a variety of different types and sizes of donuts; some sprinkled, some not, some chocolate, some butterscotch, some plain, “Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh!”