So, I'm a preschool teacher, right. Most days, when it's especially nice out, we have a second "recess" time on the play ground. I am usually that teacher that will run around like a doofus "scaring" the kids, tickling them til the fall to the ground in laughter, slide with them.. you get the picture. This, was just an ordinary day. We were all out on the pebble filled play ground and the kids wanted me to play tag. Ok, sure. It was pretty close to pick up time, parents were already waiting in their cars~ watching the kids play, and I thought I'd run these little buggers before they went home. Smart teacher. {insert a high five} So, I proceed to chase kids, they chase me, I chase them.. you get it. A normal game of tag. It was my turn to be "it" and I thought I'd outsmart these smarties that always seem to gang up on me when I'm not "it".. even thought there is only ONE "it" person! ;) So I walked up the stairs onto the playscape and watched.... They were all taunting me with the whole "you can't get me.. you can't get me..." [Oh yea!!! We'll just see about that!] So I catch this one kid coming up the stairs out of my periphery. As I turn around to face him he goes flying down the slide laughing... So, naturally, I go flying down the slide laughing... proceeding then to run after him. Well. That's when my fast moving world changed a bit. My feet got firmly planted in the thickness of the rocks and hole the smarty pants had been digging! Now, if you know ANYTHING at about Newton's Law of Motion (you know... a body in motion stays in motion... that whole thing) then you have your visual. My feet stopped dead in their tracks in the hole... but my body... yeah. It kept on a' goin! This is precisely why an almost 40 yr old should not do what a 5 yr old can do!
Linking up with laughter!
My Life and Kids
Oh No! That is so funny! You sound like a great teacher, the one who every kid(& parent)wants to have!
ReplyDeleteOh, you know... I do what I can ;) hahaha!
DeleteShut up, shut up, shut up!
ReplyDeleteOh, my God.
I hate to laugh...but oh, my GOD!
I can laugh because I find myself in situations like that and they are completely impossible to get out of without looking like you know you're jacked but doing your best to look like you're not jacked.
Sister, I've done it.
Once. I was putting gas in my car. I went to step over the hose while it was pumping.
I tripped.
Right there. Under the big bright lights (cause it was at night). I couldn't catch myself either.
My stomach TOUCHED the concrete I went that flat.
I'm an idiot.
You though are precious. And thank you for this giggle. I can't stop now.
OH MY GOSH, CARRIE!!! I am DYING! That's soo funny!! I'll admit.. I am "that" friend that will laugh hysterically~ as in peein my pants, doubled over, can't breathe~ before being able to ask if you're ok! lol
ReplyDeleteHave you seen Ridiculousness on Mtv?? If not.. YOU HAVE TO! You will gut bust laugh every time!!
Oh man......how embarrassing!
ReplyDeleteI'm the queen of falling down. I believe that it's the reason that God gave me an ample backside. To cushion the fall....
hahaha... Connie, that would BE helpful if I fell backwards.. but for some reason I propel forward every. dang. time! ;)
DeleteThis made me totally LOL til I was nearly in tears with my 2.5 yr old saying "Don't cry mommy, don't cry" as I interrupted her watching Caillou... This is just hilarious and seriously cute, I hope when she starts school that she has a teacher just like you! :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a super sweet thing to say!! Thank you! I think I should totally have a sign that reads
DeleteWILL TEACH
FOR
HUMILIATING MOMENTS! ;)
Good times!
LOL!! [Note to self: next time my 2-yr old niece asks (demands) me to go down the slide with her, check for holes first.]
ReplyDeleteExactly! ;) or just don't think you're a 5 yr old, with 5 yr old agility and speed... and you'll do just fine! lol
DeleteOh noooooo! Could the parents see you?
ReplyDeleteYou. Are. Awesome. You made me laugh and worked in Newton's Laws of Motion. *Applause* Ellen
ReplyDeleteI bow to you ;) Thank ya.. thankyaverymuch...
DeleteHa! I kept thinking you were going to say you broke your leg! Glad you didn't get hurt (just your pride, right?).
ReplyDeletehaha... Luckily, no broken bones! Thank the Lord! And quite frankly, laughter quickly mended my wounded pride ;)
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