#respite work

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“Six is a thumbs up and a high five” -the fourth grader trying to teach the four year old what six is

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8 year old, completely unprompted: when I grow up and make my own country I’m going to make the buildings smaller so you can’t fall off and die.

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I love the stage where children are just starting to come up with stories about how something happened, for instance one of the kiddos I’m looking after this week is three and we just had this conversation

Him: wiping his spilled soup all over the table

Me: Buddy, you made a huge mess oh man

Him: no a baby did it

Me: you’re not a baby

Him: no a baby from outside

Me: a baby came in from outside and wiped your soup all over

Him, with soup still on his hands: yeah from outside a baby

Me: buddy I watched you wipe it all over

Him: oh

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Infection is both an absolutely Wild game to play in the middle of a pandemic and also a wildly popular pick among children

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“I’ll be the cop because I have a weapon” -overheard at the playground as a couple of kids (one with a nerf gun) decided who was what in cops and robbers

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Me: *sneezes*

The 2 year old Im watching, in a monotone: achoo

Me: *laughs so hard I put my head down*

Them, loudly: wake up!

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Today was pretty nice I got paid $100 to watch naruto for 5 hours and make a sandwich