Diamonds are a girl's best friend

Whew. It's been a few days since my last post. Busy days. There have been some crazy testimonies at school. My personal favorite from the week is about diamonds.

There's a young married couple out here and the wife is in the school. Money is tight for them so they didn't exchange Christmas presents, just cupcakes. :) The husband had been kind of down and doubting whether or not they should be out here. When they were going to bed after their Christmas cupcake celebration, he noticed something shiny in the middle of their bed. He picked it up to toss it out, but when it got to about his ear he realized it was hard. He brought it back down and noticed it looked very similar to a diamond. They were both excited and decided to have it looked at when they were back home at their jeweler. So, over Christmas break they took it to their jeweler and the jeweler said it didn't match any of their charts and tests. It was the most perfect diamond they had seen. They offered this couple 10,000 dollars to study this 1 carat diamond. They of course said no way. After Christmas break, the couple found another one on their floor next to a pile of laundry. So, now they have two. Amazing! (I want one, or an emerald, sapphire, pearls...)

This new work schedule is rough, but it does make time fly. A funny story from today and then I'm done. There's one little girl in my class who is particularly cute. During recess today she had to go to the "potty" so I took her in. Preschoolers are great for being blunt and just laying it all out there. There will be quotes in this story, so if you're not one for direct preschool language when it comes to potty talk, don't read any further. On a typical potty break this little girl bends over and touches her toes when she's finished with her business and waits for someone to make sure she's nice and dry. I've taken it upon myself to encourage her to practice wiping her own behind since she's a big girl who comes to school now. So, today when she's going potty I ask her, "Are you finished?" She replies, "No, I have to poop." (Okay, thanks for the detailed info, a "no" would have been sufficient.) I then proceed to ask her, "Have you been practicing at home?" (Oh Jenny, you need to be specific with such young children...) The little girl looks at me for a moment, with a straight face I might add, and then says, "Don't worry, I can push it out." Oh man, I cracked up for a good minute while she continued to sit with a straight face. I then composed myself and said, "No, what I meant was, have you been practicing wiping your own butt when you're at home?" She thought for another moment and then said, "I think I did yesterday." Ah, preschoolers. She soon finished her business, but before bending over to touch her toes she proceeded to count what was in the toilet. I kid you not. Everything is truly a teachable moment I suppose. Preschoolers are good stuff.