Today was sufficiently rainy and cold. I had recess duty. During the fifteen minutes I had recess duty, one of my little pint sizers managed to slide down the fireman's pole on the playground and land in a giant puddle of muck. She came and found me, hobbling, one shoe on, one shoe off (in 30 degree weather...). I helped her to the door with her little sparkly black shoes and mud caked socks and told her to change into her gym shoes. Just as I got to the door, another one of my kids ran up to me and it was all I could do to keep from laughing...his crotch all the way down to his legs was SOAKED! Common sense doesn't exist in second grade. He had gone down the slide. I asked him if he could wait until we went inside to call his mom or go to the nurse for more pants. "No problem, Miss Marsh, I think the wind will dry me." Right, and help you catch pneumonia.
No sooner had I turned around than kiddo number three approached. He didn't look wet until he turned around....red swishy pants...SOAKED!
Of course we had gym after recess, so amidst getting shoes changed and coats away, I was contacting the nurse to see if emergency pants were in supply. Lucky day for my two boys...a new shipment had just arrived the day before. I wrote them a pass and sent them down to change. Red swishy pants boy loudly proclaimed, "I know what to do! It's just like when I had to change my pants in first grade because of the maple syrup!" I know. I shouldn't have asked, but I did. "Why in the world did you have to change your pants because of maple syrup?" I asked. "Well, when I was puttin' it on my patty it somehow got ALL over me." I can only imagine. My laughter was getting pretty close to hysterical at this point and I sent the boys down to the nurse. Shortly they returned in sweatpants, plastic bags in hand. Sweatpants are funny. They are so bright. I sent them on to gym and watch a set of teal legs and a set of cerulean blue legs scamper down the hallway. Glad they were so experienced. After all, it was just like the maple syrup!
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