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Most Sundays from 9-10:30 you can find me co-teaching (aka herding) the 4s at church. Here are some recent highlights…

From the Doesn’t Hurt to Ask department:
In a room with no aquarium:

AJ: “Where’s the fish?”
Me: “There aren’t any fish.”
Pause. Deep thought.
AJ: “Where are the sharks?”

From the Only in Orange County department:
While playing with the plastic picnic basket and food:

Clarissa: “This is our sammwiches, this is our fruits, and this is my wine.”
Me: “Your wine?”
Clarissa: “Yes. Wine is my favorite.”

From the Only in Orange County department, part 2:

Me: “Lexi, do you want a drink from the water fountain?”
Lexi: “No—I have a chai latte in my van.”

From the Rejection Starts Early department:

Ryan: “No one wants to play with me.”
Me: “Sarah, would you like to play picnic with Ryan?”
Sarah: “No, thanks.”

From the Boys Will Be Boys department:

While waiting his turn at the water fountain behind Clarissa:
Zach: “She has Hello Kitty on her underpants.”
Much giggling.

Zach was, incidentally, the only child who could rattle off his memory verse verbatim. Zach will be a youth minister.

From the Gifts that Keep on Giving department:

I opened up my purse after the service and found a plastic hot dog bun, plastic pizza, and two plastic bananas, courtesy of Clarissa. No wine, though.