Noah & Anna

After school Noah hangs out with a few other kids from his class (whose parents also work at school) and they are watched by other kids (whose parents work at the school too).  Noah plays with Karis and Daniel and Anna and sometimes Isaiah.  They had their play time and the sitter brought them down to us.  I asked Noah to wait just a minute while I finish up and we can go home.  Anna was following Noah and she decided to show off her strength and pick Noah up.  She did this a few times and Noah just went along with it.  While my back was turned I hear a smack sound.  Not the sound of a hand hitting a cheek, but more like the sound lips would make.  I turn around quickly and see Anna wiping her cheek and saying he slobbered on me.  I try not to show a reaction and I tell Noah that if Anna’s daddy was here he may beat you up.  You might not want to do that again.  Anna interjects in, “My daddy’s out of town.  He’s in India.”  Now if she was 15 that would have a whole new meaning, but thank God she is only 5 and she was just stating a fact.  Trying not to laugh I turn back to finish up so we can leave and again I hear a smack!  I quickly turn around to find Anna and Noah grinning and Noah says “I’m not gonna wipe it off!”  Oh dear!  It’s time to go home!  We try to talk to Noah about kissing without making it a big deal so he doesn’t do it again just to get a reaction.  The next day after soaking in our conversation he tells me that he has decided to kiss Katelyn next!  Ok baby I think you miss understood!  How about I word it like this, no kissing!

Another Unwritten Rule

This year I am teaching and working in the office. My office work mostly includes helping in the accounting office. Elena our accountant went on a vacation to visit family so I was left to man the ship. No sweet! I realize I need to make a deposit which included lots of change from the bake sale the PTF had just put on. So I head to the bank with all the coins. I ask the teller if I need to roll the coins or if she has a machine that can count them. She looks at me puzzled and I realize that “rolling coins” probably is confusing. I give her the check deposits and decide to finish with the cash. She counts the bills and then is puzzled why the deposit ticket does not add her count. “It’s because of the coins. You have got to add the coins to the deposit.” She whispers to her neighbor. “No coins today. Only Tuesday Thursday” she says. Really! I can only deposit coins on Tuesday s and Thursdays? Come to find out they also charge you for depositing coins. There’s a fee to process them. Why bother?! Get rid of the coins if the money is no good.


So take note. Don’t try to deposit coins in Singapore! Who knew?