Today was Jenny's 5th birthday.
Jenny is a charming little girl who I'm pretty sure has a severe case of ADHD. She's smart enough, but she doesn't really play ball with the whole classroom thing and usually spends most of the lesson either on the floor, behind my cabinet, or with her arms wrapped around one of my legs. One of her favorite things to do when asked "Jenny, how are you?" is to yell "I'm a Jay!" or, alternatively "I'm a sandwich!"; at which point she laughs her fool head off.
In a delightful turn of events, Jenny gave ME a birthday present: as she was demonstrating her mastery of the concept "I'm angry!" Jenny socked me solidly below the belt. In honesty, I'm kind of surprised I went this long without a taking a shot in the crotch, but I was still hoping my streak was going to last. The class spent the rest of the lesson working quietly on a cut-and-paste worksheet. I was somewhat concerned about giving them scissors.
In other news from tonight's lesson, Charlie declared- in Chinese- that I am a butt and that he is a butt, and, eventually, that his present condition (how are you?) was "tired, hungry, and," again in Chinese, "butt."
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