Dear diary,

I really wish that I were more reflective and wrote in some sort of journal, but such is life, and I don't. But, I do want to share what I would have written yesterday...
My students have become more and more inquizative the more pronounced my belly becomes. It would be the six year olds that have the most to say about the matter. There are seven of them in my class--I call them "mis patitos" (my little ducklings) as they follow me from the pick up place to my room or outside to play a game. And they are just at that height where when they give me a hug their heads rest on my belly--it really is adorable! So far they've let me know that I need to bring the baby in for show-and-tell the day after he's born and one boy even told me to make sure that he wasn't an ugly baby because he doesn't like ugly babies! All of which leads us to yesterday. There's one girl who keeps asking if he's kicking because she wants to feel him move. So as we were waiting for all the students to arrive, her determination set in and she decided that she would keep her hand on my belly until she felt him. Which, to my surprise he did quite quickly, and equally as quick all of my little patitos gathered around until they too could shout, "I felt him!" When all siete little ducks had had their turn we marched up the stairs and began our daily routine. We sing a "Buenas Tardes" (good afternoon) song, I ask what day it is, what the weather is like, and how they are doing. If they aren't "Muy bien" (very well) I ask "por que" (why) and it's usually something like, "We didn't have PE today." And all of the students are working on asking "Y usted?" which is the polite way to ask adult how they are. I answered them all with "Muy bien, gracias!" until it was the last student's turn when I said "Muy mal" (as exagerated as possible.) They thought that it was extremely hilarious because I changed my answer and one kid said, "You're always muy bien because you're a Spanish teacher." I agreed; another student said, "And you're muy bien because you're going to have a baby. To which I also agreed. And then came the random reason, "You're muy bien too because you have long legs." Yep, that must be it. Oh how they make me smile some days!