Now How cute is this
Someone just sent me this e mail, I thought it was so cute I had to share it ...Enjoy
I've been teaching now for about fifteen years. I have two kids
> >> > myself,
> >> > but the best birth story I know is the one I saw in my own
> >> > second-grade
> >> > classroom a few years back. When I was a kid, I loved show-and-tell.
> >> > So
> >> > I always have a few sessions with my students. It helps them get
over
> >> > shyness and usually, show-and-tell is pretty tame. Kids bring in pet
> >> > turtles, model airplanes, pictures of fish they catch, stuff like
> >> > that.
> >> > And I never, ever place any boundaries or limitations on them.
> >> > If they want to lug it to school and talk about it,
> >> > they're welcome.
> >> >
> >> > Well, one day this little girl, Erica, a very bright, very outgoing
> >> > kid, takes her turn and waddles up to the front of the class with a
> >> > pillow stuffed under her sweater. She holds up a snapshot of an
> >> > infant. 'This is Luke, my baby brother, and I'm going to tell you
> >> > about
> >> > his birthday.
> >> >
> >> > First, Mom and Dad made him as a symbol of their love, and then Dad
> >> > put
> >> > a seed in my Mom's stomach,and Luke grew in there.
> >> > He ate for nine months through an umbrella cord.'
> >> >
> >> > She's standing there with her hands on the pillow, and I'm trying
not
> >> > to laugh and wishing I had my camcorder with me. The kids are
watching
> >> > her in amazement.
> >> >
> >> > 'Then, about two Saturdays ago, my Mom starts saying and going,
> >> > 'Oh, oh, oh!'' Erica puts a hand behind her back and groans.
> >> > 'She walked around the house for, like an hour, 'Oh, oh, oh!'
> >> > Now the kid's doing this hysterical duck walk, holding her back and
> >> > groaning. 'My Dad called the middle wife. She delivers babies, but
she
> >> > doesn't have a sign on the car like the Domino's man. They got my
Mom
> >> > to lie down in bed like this.' Then Erica lies down with her back
> >> > against the wall. 'And then, pop! My Mom had this bag of water she
> >> > kept
> >> > in there in case he got thirsty, and it just blew up and spilled all
> >> > over the bed, like psshhheew!' This kid has her legs spread and
while
> >> > her little hands are miming water flowing away. It was too much!
'Then
> >> > the middle wife starts saying 'push, push, and breathe, breathe.
They
> >> > started counting, but never even got past ten. Then, all of a
sudden,
> >> > out comes my brother.
> >> > He was covered in yucky stuff, they all said was from Mom's
> >> > play-center', so there must be a lot of stuff inside there.'
> >> >
> >> > Then Erica stood up, took a big theatrical bow and returned to her
> > seat.
> >> > I'm sure I applauded the loudest. Ever since then, if it's
> > show-and-tell
> >> > day, I bring my camcorder, just in case another Erica comes along.
> >> > Sometimes children help us to see the world as it is meant to be.
Life
> >> > is so short that we sometimes don't take the time to stop and smell
> >> > the
> >> > roses...
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >
>
I've been teaching now for about fifteen years. I have two kids
> >> > myself,
> >> > but the best birth story I know is the one I saw in my own
> >> > second-grade
> >> > classroom a few years back. When I was a kid, I loved show-and-tell.
> >> > So
> >> > I always have a few sessions with my students. It helps them get
over
> >> > shyness and usually, show-and-tell is pretty tame. Kids bring in pet
> >> > turtles, model airplanes, pictures of fish they catch, stuff like
> >> > that.
> >> > And I never, ever place any boundaries or limitations on them.
> >> > If they want to lug it to school and talk about it,
> >> > they're welcome.
> >> >
> >> > Well, one day this little girl, Erica, a very bright, very outgoing
> >> > kid, takes her turn and waddles up to the front of the class with a
> >> > pillow stuffed under her sweater. She holds up a snapshot of an
> >> > infant. 'This is Luke, my baby brother, and I'm going to tell you
> >> > about
> >> > his birthday.
> >> >
> >> > First, Mom and Dad made him as a symbol of their love, and then Dad
> >> > put
> >> > a seed in my Mom's stomach,and Luke grew in there.
> >> > He ate for nine months through an umbrella cord.'
> >> >
> >> > She's standing there with her hands on the pillow, and I'm trying
not
> >> > to laugh and wishing I had my camcorder with me. The kids are
watching
> >> > her in amazement.
> >> >
> >> > 'Then, about two Saturdays ago, my Mom starts saying and going,
> >> > 'Oh, oh, oh!'' Erica puts a hand behind her back and groans.
> >> > 'She walked around the house for, like an hour, 'Oh, oh, oh!'
> >> > Now the kid's doing this hysterical duck walk, holding her back and
> >> > groaning. 'My Dad called the middle wife. She delivers babies, but
she
> >> > doesn't have a sign on the car like the Domino's man. They got my
Mom
> >> > to lie down in bed like this.' Then Erica lies down with her back
> >> > against the wall. 'And then, pop! My Mom had this bag of water she
> >> > kept
> >> > in there in case he got thirsty, and it just blew up and spilled all
> >> > over the bed, like psshhheew!' This kid has her legs spread and
while
> >> > her little hands are miming water flowing away. It was too much!
'Then
> >> > the middle wife starts saying 'push, push, and breathe, breathe.
They
> >> > started counting, but never even got past ten. Then, all of a
sudden,
> >> > out comes my brother.
> >> > He was covered in yucky stuff, they all said was from Mom's
> >> > play-center', so there must be a lot of stuff inside there.'
> >> >
> >> > Then Erica stood up, took a big theatrical bow and returned to her
> > seat.
> >> > I'm sure I applauded the loudest. Ever since then, if it's
> > show-and-tell
> >> > day, I bring my camcorder, just in case another Erica comes along.
> >> > Sometimes children help us to see the world as it is meant to be.
Life
> >> > is so short that we sometimes don't take the time to stop and smell
> >> > the
> >> > roses...
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >
>
