the children ohhh the children (ridonkulously long post..sorry)

so...it has officially been raining for about a week now. that means i have been unable to take my 2nd graders outside to play. they haven't been too bad, which i am thankful for, but today they exploded. it took one girl about 1 1/2 hrs to do her homework. and she only had to write her spelling words 2x. and it is not like they had 400. they had 20. and everyone else was done in like 2 seconds. it took her forever because she would put pencil to paper (not actually write, just get as far as making the two touch), then look at me and say "why do we have to do HOMEwork in extended care. we should do it at HOME." my first reaction to this sarcastic filled question is a good swift backhand. but instead i told her it was so she could be done with it and not have to worry about it for the rest of the day. after she asks me this question about a 172 more times i finally tell her it is because i know she really wants to do her homework at home so i am not letting her. i then threaten to make her write her words 4x each if she asks me again. so instead of her just giving up and doing her homework she just sits and stares at her paper. because that is apparently a lot more fun than quickly finishing and then getting to play. finally, one of her friends asks her to finish so they can play horses. it took her 10 minutes after that. what an idiot. then the children were still really hyper so i let them play 'little sally walker' in the hallway. they played this for about 20 minutes then get really loud and the dances got a lot more skankalicious than i would like for 2nd graders (actually for anybody). so i brought them back into the classroom and started doing a dance/cheer thing i learned from the cheerleaders, mainly mckenzie. it goes like this (you will love this trust me):
Form banana form form banana 2x (while raising hands over head)
Peel banana peel peel banana 2x (while bringing hands back down)
now go bananas go go bananas 2x (while...well while going bananas)

Form potatoe.... 2x
Peel potatoe....2x
Now mash potatoe...2x (do the mash potatoe dance)

Form the puff....2x (move hands over your head like you are caressing an awesome puff hairdoo)
Tease the puff...2x (just do it)
Now strut the puff...2x (walk around with attitude!)
and my favorite
Form the cow...2x (slowly bending over till you are on all fours)
Tip the cow...2x (slowly roll till you are on your back with all fours in the air)
Now have a cow...2x (flail your arms and legs around)

Now you may be wondering why i tell you all this. It is because while we were all having fun my boss had been calling (we use walkie talkies) some kids to leave. but i didn't hear this. so about 3 parents end up walking into the room...while we were all having a cow. i didn't even try to explain.
Have a great day!!
amybeth